Claire Bourg, violin and Kyle Orth, piano

April 1, 2026, 12:15 pm

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Violinist Claire Bourg and pianist Kyle Orth
Violinist Claire Bourg and pianist Kyle Orth

Violinist Claire Bourg and pianist Kyle Orth perform works by W.A. Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Violinist Claire Bourg has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician at prestigious venues across the United States and Europe, including Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Kimmel Center, and venues in Bremen, Warsaw, and Brussels. Notable performances include Mozart’s First Violin Concerto with the Camerata Bern in Hannover and participation in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.

Claire has earned acclaim in competitions, winning the 2021 Luminarts Fellowship, winning second prize in the 2020 Barbash J.S. Bach Competition, and prevailing at the New England Conservatory Competition. She has also had success in numerous competitions such as the Joachim, Singapore and Kreisler International Violin Competitions.

A sought-after chamber musician, Claire has collaborated with distinguished artists like Mitsuko Uchida, Kim Kashkashian, and Jörg Widmann. She performs regularly with Musicians from Marlboro, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among others, and previously served as concertmaster of Symphony in C in Philadelphia.

Playlist

W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 18 in G Major, K. 301

Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 “Posthumé”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42