CLAIRE BOURG

Claire Bourg has been praised for being in “total command of music and instrument with an excellent sense of style and character” (Maestro Lawrence Rapchak). She has appeared as a soloist with several orchesras in such venues as Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, and Jordan Hall in Boston. A laureate of many competitions, Ms. Bourg has appeared on NPR and Chicago’s WFMT radio programs, and was awarded the second prize at the 2020 Lillian and Maurice Barbash JS Bach Competition, as well as the 2021 Luminarts Fellowship. An avid chamber musician, Claire has attended festivals such as Marlboro Festival, Yellow Barn, Ravinia, Taos, IMS Prussia Cove, and Gstaadt Menuhin Festival Academy where she has performed with Kim Kashkashian, Jorg Widmann and Frans Helmerson, among others. She performs regularly with Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and has been a part of Curtis on Tour several times. She currently serves as the concertmaster of Symphony in C in Philadelphia. A native of Chicago, Ms. Bourg has an artist diploma from the Curtis Institute studying with Pamela Frank and Arnold Steinhardt, and as well as a bachelor’s degree from New England Conservatory studying with Miriam Fried. She is currently a student of Joseph Lin at the Juilliard School.

PROGRAMME

FIRST ROUND

SESSION 1

J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
E. YSAŸE: Sonata No. 5, Op. 27

SESSION 2

W.A. MOZART: Sonata No. 18 in G major, K. 301
F. KREISLER: Syncopation
F. SCHUBERT: Fantasie in C major, D.934

SEMI-FINALS

B. BARTÓK: Violin Rhapsody No. 2, Sz. 90
KOH CHENG JIN: Before Daybreak
R. SCHUMANN: Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121

FINALS

W.A. MOZART: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493

GRAND FINAL

J. BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77