In Recital
Live and Streaming
Ava Pakiam
PROGRAM FEATURING MUSIC BY TARTINI, DEBUSSY, LOCATELLI, AND ESMAIL
Ava Pakiam, VIOLINIST
Cole Anderson, PIANIST
Ava will play a ~1871 Vuillaume violin, made possible for her by Strumenti.com
WHEN: Sunday November 12 at 2pm Pacific Time
LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO: Barbro Osher Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Bowes Center, 200 Van Ness Ave (map).
COST: Free
VIP RECEPTION: Interested patrons can learn more about fine violins as alternative investments, and how to invest in shares of the violin to support Ava. Light refreshments will be served.
LIVESTREAM: Details will be sent by email to registered attendees.
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About Ava Pakiam
Ava Pakiam is a 13-year old violinist studying at the Pre-College of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Ava was admitted into the Pre-College program at age 7 and is currently a student of violin professor, Simon James.
Ava made her solo debut at eight years old with orchestra in California performing the Mozart Concerto No. 2 with the Fremont Symphony. Later that summer, she performed Vivaldi’s Winter Concerto with the Sempre Musik Orchestra and New York Sinfonietta in Boston and New York City, making her solo debut at Carnegie Hall.
Her awards include winning the 33rd Annual Khuner Young Artist Competition, the Alvin Doktor award by the Bay Philharmonic in January of 2023, and first prize in the Olympia Symphony Young Artist Competition. Ava has had the privilege of performing in master classes for violinists, Nathan Cole, Noah Geller, Ariel Horowitz, James Ehnes, Vadim Gluzman, and Hilary Hahn.
Ava’s new partnership with Strumenti was featured in the Strings Magazine August edition. In addition to music, Ava loves art, baking, and creative writing.
About the Vuillaume violin
Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (1798 – 1875) was a renowned and prolific maker of fine violins, and also a highly successful dealer and inventor. His workshop in Paris employed and trained some of the finest violin and bow makers in the 1800s. J.B. Vuillaume violins are some of the most sought-after violins - prized by both collectors and players. The auction record for a Vuillaume currently stands over half a million dollars.
This particular J.B. Vuillaume violin was created in or around 1871 and based off of a Maggini model from Brescia Italy. Numbered 2834, it was made toward the end of Vuillaume’s life. After being sold directly from Vuillaume’s shop, we know based on the certificate that it passed through in England in 1902. Later in the early 20th century this violin traveled to the United States and was sold through in Philadelphia in 1972. The violin was played in the Philadelphia Orchestra for several decades until being sold to a principal violinist of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC.
About Strumenti
Strumenti.com is a platform for investing in shares of fine, rare high quality violins, violas, and cellos. These instruments have appreciated rapidly, becoming prohibitively costly for talented musicians to access. Strumenti.com provides patron-investors with access to these unique investments, while providing promising artists with great instruments to help further their careers. Our unique platform creates opportunities to generate wealth while helping musicians advance their careers.
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photograph of Ava Pakiam by Pauline Caplier