Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saens
Jennifer Eugena Cha, violin
Tatyana Stepanova, piano
(Violin Junior division 1st Place, 11/16/2008)
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video length 9 min 56 sec
Ganz Hall, Chicago Jan 18, 2009
Jennifer Eugena Cha, age 12, attends Crone Middle School in Naperville, IL and is a student of Desirée Ruhstrat at the Music Institute of Chicago. She started playing the violin at the age of 5. As a member of Betty Haag Academy and its Magical Strings of Youth, she performed at various local events and toured Germany and Italy for performances including performing in front of Pope at Vatican. She has won awards and prizes from Chinese Fine Arts Society, Sejong Cultural Society and Walgreen’s National Concerto Competition including 1st place in the Junior I at the 2006 Chinese Fine Arts Society and in the Junior Division of 2008 Sejong Music Competition. Jennifer, along with her older sister and friend, is a regular volunteer for the Fine Arts for Healing Program at Edward Hospital in Naperville, IL where her string trio routinely performs for the cancer treating patients.| Home | Video Index | |