Eileen Moudou, 17, won the Frederick Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition 2016. The violinist will be playing Sains-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capricciosoin A Minor, Op. 28 at our March concert.
“Eileen is an extremely talented young musician,” Glenn Quader, FSO’s music director, said. “We look forward to sharing the stage with her in March.”
The Richard Montgomery High School student has been studying the violin with Lya Stern from age 8. In 2012, she earned first place laureate at the Joseph and Goldie Feder Competition, Junior Division. She’s a two-time Junior Division semifinalist of the Sphinx Competition, a prestigious competition held by a non-profit whose artistic advisor is Yo-Yo Ma.
She toured China with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, playing with conductor Charles Dutoit and pianist Yundi while premiering music by Tan Dun. She has played on NBC’s Celebrating Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Voice of America and at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Moudou has also soloed for Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland, and Stefan Jackiw, an American classical violinist.
Currently, she is the co-concertmaster and second violinist of the Liedergelt Quartet of the Philharmonic in the Maryland Classical Youth Orchestras.
“I sincerely can’t wait to work with the [Frederick Symphony] Orchestra,” Eileen said. “I’m particularly excited because this will be one of my first experiences playing with an orchestra.”
In addition to her musical accomplishments, Moudou gave a TEDx Talk about the benefits of classical music. She also co-founded Tutti, a free club dedicated to tutoring kids on instruments of their choice. She is also an IB Diploma Candidate, a National Merit Semifinalist and a global ambassador for the Racines Heritage Foundation, an organization dedicated to girls’ education in developing countries of Africa.
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