Stanford Medicine Orchestra with violinist Stella Chen.

The Stanford Medicine Orchestra, supported by Stanford's Medicine & The Muse program, is in its 5th season, holding 3-4 concerts a year. 

The orchestra is made up of volunteer performers comprised of Stanford School of Medicine (SOM) and Stanford Healthcare faculty, staff, residents, postdocs, medical students, and others.

Led by Maestro Terrance Yan, the group is open to all interested Stanford community members with affiliations with the SOM and hospital. 

Joining the orchestra for this special performance is violinist Stella Chen, Gramophone Young Artist of the Year.

Praised for "silken grace" and "brilliant command" (The Strad), American violinist Stella Chen first gained international recognition as the winner of the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Violin Competition. Her critically acclaimed debut album Stella X Schubert, released in 2023 on Apple Music's Platoon label, earned her the Young Artist of the Year title at the Gramophone Awards.

Chen is the inaugural recipient of the Robert Levin Award from Harvard University, where she was mentored and inspired by Robert Levin. Her teachers and mentors have included Donald Weilerstein, Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Li Lin, and Catherine Cho. She received her doctorate from the Juilliard School, where she was recently appointed to the College and Pre-College Division Faculty. She also serves as Visiting Assistant Professor at the Shenandoah Conservatory and is on the faculty of the Nume Festival and Academy in Cortona, Italy.

Chen performs on the "General Kyd" 1720 Stradivarius, generously on loan from Dr. Ryuji Ueno and Rare Violins in Consortium, Artis and Benefactors Collaborative.

Program:

Mussorgsky (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) | Night on Bald Mountain

Smetana | The High Castle

Grieg | Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt

Intermission

Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

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