Introductions comes back from the Fall Membership Drive to bring you Lily Sullivan, a senior at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy and a violin student of Grigory Kalinovsky of Indiana University. She plays Montgomery and Bach solo, plus Wieniawski with pianist Inah Chiu.
Lily Sullivan, 17, began studying violin at the age of five at the Oklahoma City University Children’s Performing Arts Program with Karén Khanagov. She made her solo orchestral debut at age seven and has performed with groups such as the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She was named the Third Prize winner at the 10th International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists in Weimar, Germany; and the First Place Winner of the 2023 Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Michael Ben & Illene Komisarow Maurer Young Musicians Contest. Lily was also a Young Laureate of the Chicago International Violin Competition for two consecutive years and the First Prize winner of the Grand Prize Virtuoso Brussels and London International Competitions.
Chamber music accolades include the First Place and Grand Awards in the Barnett, Rembrandt, and Chicago National Chamber Music Competitions. Lily was honored to be selected as a Young Steinway Artist and to perform in the North Shore Chamber Music Festival’s Onstage/Offstage Series.
She has attended festivals such as the Heifetz International Music Institute, the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, and the Music@Menlo Young Performers Program. She has performed in masterclasses for Mauricio Fuks, Mihaela Martin, Vadim Gluzman, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ilya Kaler, and Midori, among many others.
Lily has previously appeared on Introductions as a chamber musician in October 2023 and in May 2024.
