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Xinzhe Ning DMA Violin Recital

Xinzhe Ning, violin
Anton Wachmann, cello
Alexandra Flint, piano

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Program

Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004     Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Gigue
V. Chaconne

Dissolve, O My Heart      Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980)

Intermission 

Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor “Dumky”, Op. 90        Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904)
I. Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento
II. Poco Adagio – Vivace non troppo
III. Andante – Vivace non troppo
IV. Andante moderato – Allegretto scherzando – Meno mosso
IV. Allegro
V. Lento maestoso – Vivace

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Currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in violin performance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, violinist Xinzhe Ning has been passionate and devoted to music throughout her career. Starting her violin training at the age of five, Ms. Ning studied with Professor Xiong Da, Jiang for ten years. She was a member of the Beijing Sun Youth Orchestra for a decade from 2005. Being a member of the orchestra, she won the first prize in The Hong Kong International Chamber Music Competition in 2015. As a violinist who is enthusiastic about symphonic and chamber music, she has performed chamber and orchestral works throughout China and the United States.

Studies with Professor. Dawn Wohn at the Mead Witter School of Music, Ms. Ning has been working as the graduate teaching assistant in the doctoral program. She has actively performed with the University Symphony Orchestra for two years and was also selected to produce the opera La Traviata with musicians and vocalists of the School of Music. In 2025, Ms. Ning was appointed as the concertmaster of the Madison Community Orchestra. By participating in the music community, she continues to contribute her love of classical music.

When pursuing the Master of Music at the University of Nevada, Reno, as the graduate teaching assistant of Professor Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, she served as assistant concertmaster of the university symphony in the completion of the degree. As a violinist, Ms. Ning has worked with Keith Lockhart, Timothy Lees, Carolin Chin, Benjamin Sung, Martin Chalifour, Ronald Patterson, Rachel Barton Pine, Si Yan Darren Li, Katie Kadarauch, and Barbara Bogatin. She was a recipient of the Lieber Violin Scholarship, Evert B. Person Scholarship, and Roxy Roth Scholarship. Outside of performing and teaching, she actively participated in musical festivals to enrich her experience as a performer and educator. Ms. Ning has attended the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, the Emerald Coast Chamber Music Festival in Florida, and the Rocky Ridge Music Festival in Colorado.