- On March 14th, four gifted young musicians
will take the stage here at Overture Hall in Madison.
- They're vying for top honors in
the Madison Symphony Orchestra's Bolz Young Artist Competition.
They are violinist Hannah White;
violinist Arianna Brusubardis;
pianist Jessica Jiang;
and violinist Isabelle Krier.
- You'll see them perform as part of our live broadcast,
Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte .
- But before they take the stage
we asked them to tell us a little about themselves,
their love of music...
- ...and what is it that drew them here, into the limelight.
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My name is Arianna Brusubardis.
I am 17 years old and I live in Dousman, Wisconsin.
I've actually been playing the violin
since I was three years old.
I really like all of the discipline it's given me.
You know, with practicing, self-motivation.
I think I've been able to apply that to every area of my life.
I have three older brothers and then I have two older sisters.
One after the other, every single one of us
just kind of picked up the violin.
We would gig with each other like at weddings,
any type of party event.
But this last year,
we've started to play more serious repertoire,
like Beethoven quartets, Shostakovich quartets.
- Teacher: It has to be interesting. Okay?
- My teacher is Bernard Zinck.
I've been with him for eight years now.
I really like that he's built my technique in a way that
I can practice all the technical difficulties on my own.
- Weight, rather than speed.
- When I go to him for a lesson,
then we can work on how to shape all the notes,
and how to make every single note matter.
- Sustaaaaaaaain.
[Zinck sings final notes]
- I will be performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto .
The first time I ever heard the third movement of the Sibelius ,
I just fell in love with it right away.
It has a lot of really difficult runs
and some dissonant intervals.
I wanted to perform something a little bit more energetic,
a little bit more fiery.
I remember thinking that it's not very typical.
I really like to sew.
I have sewn a couple of dresses and a quilt.
My grandma taught me in the beginning how to knit,
and then I started doing more complicated, intermediate things
that she was like, "That's too hard for me.
You can just do that on your own."
[laughs]
I've always enjoyed performing ever since I was really little,
sharing my music with other people.
Sharing all my hard work with the audience.
If they listen to me and then leave thinking,
"Ah, look how technically perfect that piece was!"
That's not all I want.
I also want them to leave with just as much passion, fire
that I'm putting into it.
I want them to feel exhilarated, as well.
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[applause]