American violinist Amy Beth Horman began her violin studies at the age of five. At seventeen, she withdrew from high school to compete for a place in the doctoral program at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris. Subsequently, among an international field of applicants, Ms. Horman won the highly coveted Premier Prix in Solo Violin at that level and within two years she had completed the Third Cycle for Solo Violin under the tutelage of Gerard Poulet. Following the completion of her studies, she has established herself as a soloist and chamber musician through numerous orchestral and recital appearances. Ms. Horman’s appearances are always eagerly anticipated: The Washington Post has hailed her as “having the stuff of greatness.”
In January 2003 Ms. Horman made her debut with the Fairfax Symphony in a performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Of this performance, The Washington Post critic wrote “Violinist Amy Beth Horman showed she had the virtuosity and stamina necessary to navigate Beethoven’s colossal Violin Concerto… Horman traced soaring lines and rich textures with a golden, full tone that complemented the full-blooded support of the orchestra.”
In January 2005 Ms. Horman made her debut with the New Mexico Symphony, performing Mozart’s 4th Violin Concerto with Music Director Guillermo Figueroa.. Of that performance, Maestro Figueroa wrote, “Ms. Horman is an excellent, refined performer. Her violinistic skills are of the highest order, with a fluent, polished technique, and a warm, appealing, dark burnished tone.”
Other recent orchestral appearances have been performances of the Brahms, Nielsen, Mendelssohn and Barber concertos with several orchestras in the mid-Atlantic region as well as recitals with such artists as pianist Brian Ganz
Ms. Horman won both the high school and college divisions of the National Symphony Orchestra’s Young Soloists Competition. Since making her debut with the NSO as a Young Soloists winner, she has performed in Europe with such orchestras as l’Orchestre de Meudon and l’Orchestre Regional de Paris. In the Washington metropolitan area, she has performed with the Fairfax and McLean Symphonies, the Prince Georges Philharmonic, and the Amadeus Orchestra. She has also performed at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater and at its Millennium Stage series, at Constitution Hall and at the Strathmore Center for the Performing Arts. She has been featured on French-Swiss television and on American radio broadcasts.
