Geneva Lewis

American/New Zealand violinist Geneva Lewis has forged a reputation as a musician of outstanding artistry and heartfelt performances.

She was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist (2022–24) and is also the recipient of a 2022 Borletti–Buitoni Trust Award and a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant, among other awards.

In 2023 she made her BBC Proms debut in the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jaime Martín. Additional collaborations have included with the BBC and BBC Scottish Symphony orchestras, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais and the Atlanta, Indianapolis and Vancouver Symphony orchestras.

This season includes performances with Kremerata Baltica, Baltimore, San Diego, Santa Rosa and Utah Symphony orchestras, City of Granada Orchestra and the Czěstochowska and Jalisco Philharmonic orchestras.

Chamber music forms an important strand of her activities and she has worked with leading musicians including Jonathan Biss, Glenn Dicterow, Miriam Fried, Kim Kashkashian, Gidon Kremer and Dame Mitsuko Uchida. She has performed at venues and festivals such as Wigmore Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Marlboro Music Festival, Kronberg Festival, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Ravinia and Chamberfest Cleveland.

She was awarded an Ensemble Fellowship by the New England Conservatory’s Community Performances and Partnerships Program, through which her string quartet created interactive educational programmes for audiences throughout Boston. The quartet was also chosen for the Virginia Arts Festival Residency, during which they performed and presented masterclasses in elementary, middle and high schools.

She received her Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Miriam Fried, before going on to study with Mihaela Martin at the Kronberg Academy.

Geneva Lewis currently performs on a composite violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, c.1776, generously on loan from a charitable trust.

Ffidil

Mae’r feiolinydd Americanaidd sy’n wreiddiol o Seland Newydd, Geneva Lewis, wedi creu enw da iddi’i hun fel cerddor o ddawn arbennig gyda pherfformiadau o’r galon.

Roedd hi’n un o Artistiaid y Genhedlaeth Newydd gan BBC Radio 3 (2022–24) a derbyniodd Wobr Ymddiriedolaeth Borletti-Buitoni 2022 a Grant Gyrfa Avery Fisher 2021, ymhlith gwobrau eraill.

Yn 2023 gwnaeth ei hymddangosiad cyntaf yn y BBC Proms yn y Royal Albert Hall gyda Cherddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC a Jaime Martín. Mae wedi cydweithio hefyd gyda cherddorfeydd Symffoni’r BBC a BBC yr Alban, Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Cerddorfa Ffilharmonia Auckland, Cerddorfa Siambr yr Alban, Orquestra Filarmonica de Minas Gerais a cherddorfeydd Symffoni Atlanta, Indianapolis a Vancouver.

Y tymor hwn bydd yn perfformio gyda cherddorfeydd Symffoni Kremerata Baltica, Baltimore, San Diego, Santa Rosa ac Utah, Cerddorfa Dinas Granada a cherddorfeydd Ffilharmonig Czěstochowska a Jalisco.

Mae cerddoriaeth siambr yn elfen bwysig o’i gwaith a bu’n gweithio gyda cherddorion blaenllaw gan gynnwys Jonathan Biss, Glenn Dicterow, Miriam Fried, Kim Kashkashian, Gidon Kremer a’r Fonesig Mitsuko Uchida. Perfformiodd mewn lleoliadau a gwyliau fel Neuadd Wigmore, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gŵyl Gerdd Marlboro, Gŵyl Kronberg, Cymdeithas Cerddoriaeth Siambr Philadelphia, Ravinia a Chamberfest Cleveland.

Dyfarnwyd Cymrodoriaeth Ensemble iddi gan Raglen Perfformiadau a Phartneriaethau Cymunedol y New England Conservatory, lle bu ei phedwarawd llinynnol wrthi’n creu rhaglenni addysgol rhyngweithiol i gynulleidfaoedd ledled Boston. Dewiswyd y pedwarawd hefyd ar gyfer Preswyliad Gŵyl Gelfyddydau Virginia, lle buont yn perfformio a chyflwyno dosbarthiadau meistr mewn ysgolion elfennol, canolradd ac uwchradd.

Derbyniodd ei Diploma Artist o’r New England Conservatory, lle bu’n astudio gyda Miriam Fried, cyn mynd ymlaen i astudio gyda Mihaela Martin yn Academi Kronberg.

Ar hyn o bryd mae Geneva Lewis yn perfformio ar ffidil gyfansawdd gan Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, c.1776; benthyciad hael gan ymddiriedolaeth elusennol.