Astrid Nakamura

Originally from Toronto, Astrid Nakamura maintains an expansive performing career as a chamber, solo, and orchestral violinist. With sustained roles in a diverse array of ensembles and organizations, she is dedicated to collaborating with the leading musicians and composers of our time. Most recently, Astrid was invited to perform in Geneva at the U.N.’s AI For Good Global Summit in May. Devoted to her community in Houston, she regularly instructs education outreach at public schools, and has performed a variety of multidisciplinary concerts in partnership with organizations such as the MD Anderson Cancer Center, NobleMotion Dance, and the University of Houston BRAIN Center. Astrid is currently pursuing her master's degree with Kathleen Winkler at Rice University on full scholarship from the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation. She plays on the c.1830-1850 ’Eckhardt-Gramatte, Joachim’ Georges Chanot I violin, generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

Final Program

Inscriptions (1991) Shulamit Ran (1949 - )

  1. Possessed by the Devil

  2. Rondino (mostly tongue-in-cheek)

  3. Upsurge

Piece pour violin et piano (1975) Claude Vivier (1948 - 1983)* 

Cinque danze per violino solo (1998) Ana Sokolovic (1968 - )*

Danze 1, 

Danze 3 

Danze 4

Let the Stain Remain (2024) Melody McKiver  *

1.     Bekaa akawe. Bizindan. 

2.     Gakinaa awiyaa zhiimaaganish maaji-bimaadiz 

3.     Following Nicholas Galanin 

Anthémes 1 (1992) Pierre Boulez (1925 - 2016)

If life were a mirror… (2020) Kevin Lau (1982 - )*