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Violinist Desirée Ruhstrat made her professional debut at the age of twelve with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Lukas Foss. Numerous engagements followed including appearances with the Denver Symphony, Debut Orchestra of Los Angeles, Oregon Symphony, Chicago Civic Symphony, Carmel Symphony, Utah Chamber Orchestra, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, Concord Chamber Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra and most recently with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Aguascalientes in Mexico.
German audiences have heard Ms. Ruhstrat in Hamburg, Göttingen, Baden-Baden and Stuttgart, where she toured with the Philharmonia Da Camera Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Michael Holtzel, and in Berlin where she was featured on a live radio broadcast performing Sibelius' Violin Concerto with the Berlin Radio Symphony under the direction of Rico Saccani. Of this performance the Berlin Morning Post proclaimed, "Her 'wonderchild' youth years already behind, she now stands with early maturity at the beginning of a likely brilliant career. At the same age once upon a time such violinists as Menuhin, Misha Elman and Schneiderhan excited the public in a similar sensation."
While still in her early teens, she won first prize, as well as a special award for a young performer with extraordinary talent at the National Young Musicians Debut Competition in Los Angeles. She became the youngest prizewinner ever at Switzerland's Tibor Varga International Competition by capturing second prize and the award for best interpretation of the commissioned contemporary composition. She went on to earn top prizes at the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, Julius Stulberg International String Competition and the Mozart Festival Violin Competition.
As an active recitalist, Ms. Ruhstrat has appeared in Europe as well as the United States including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, and at the White House by invitation of President and Nancy Reagan.
Ms. Ruhstrat's distinguished career as a chamber musician includes appearances as guest artist of the Chamber Music Series of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Apollo Chamber Ensemble, the Colorado Chambers Players, University of Oklahoma, University of Wisconsin and the University of Tennessee. Festival appearances include the Peninsula Music Festival, the Breckenridge Music Festival, and the 1997-2000 Utah Music Festivals where she has also served as faculty.
Ms. Ruhstrat is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and her teachers have included Joseph Gingold, Dorothy Delay, Harold Wippler and Aaron Rosand.
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