CHRISTIAN GONZALES
News
April, 12, 2025
2nd prize ($1,000) Patricia and Christopher Weil Family Foundation Award at the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Emerging Artists Competition.
April, 12, 2025
Soloist with the All About Music San Diego Orchestra under Mary Gerard.
February 15, 2025
Finalist of the X Agustín Aponte International Music Competition in San Miguel de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
February 13, 2025
International debut at the Tenerife Music Festival in San Miguel de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Bach C major sonata largo and Paganini caprice 24.
December 14, 2024
Debut with New World Symphony at the New World Center. Brahms Symphony No. 4 under Leonidas Kavakos.
August 4, 2024
Concertmaster with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Dutilleux Métaboles under Alan Gilbert and Revueltas Sensemayá under Ross Collins at the Seiji Ozawa Hall.
May 26, 2024
3rd prize/1st place instrumental ($11,000) and Fenstermaker Scholar Award winner at the Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego Competition.
May 24, 2024
Graduated from The Juilliard School (MM Violin).
April, 29, 2024
Graduate recital at Juilliard with Gracie Francis. Beethoven Violin Concerto with world premiere of original cadenzas.
January 6, 2024
Solo recital with Bryan Verhoye for the Solana Salon Concert Series. Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 with world premiere of original cadenzas.
December 11, 2023
Associate concertmaster with the Juilliard Orchestra. Bruckner Symphony No. 8 under Donald Runnicles at the Alice Tully Hall.
November 15, 2023
Soloist with the East County Youth Symphony under Alexandra Keegan. Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
October 15, 2023
Solo recital with Bryan Verhoye for the La Jolla Presbyterian Church Concert Series. Work by Ravel, Bach, and Elgar.
July 1, 2023
Massachusetts debut. Britten and Hadyn quartets at the Tanglewood Music Center String Quartet Marathon.
May 28, 2023
3rd prize/1st place instrumental ($12,000) Fenstermaker Scholar Award and Aspen Award (full scholarship for the 2024 Aspen Music Festival and School) winner at the Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego Competition.
NEWS & MEDIA APPEARENCES
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East County violin student to perform with ECYS. SDNews.com. (2023, November 6). https://sdnews.com/east-county-violin-student-to-perform-with-ecys/
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Fulcher, A. (2023, November 14). Juilliard violinist returns to his roots in El Cajon. The East County Californian. https://eccalifornian.com/juilliard-violinist-returns-to-his-roots-in-el-cajon/
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Fulcher, A. (2023, November 9). From East County to Juilliard and back. The Alpine Sun. https://thealpinesun.com/from-east-county-to-juilliard-and-back/
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(2022, June 1). UCLA Symphony Spring Quarter Concert. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. https://web.archive.org/web/20240229022217/https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-symphony-spring-quarter-concert/
