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A winner of Astral’s 2006 National Auditions, violinist Jennifer Curtis is also the recipient of the inaugural MILKA/ASTRAL VIOLIN PRIZE, designated for a violinist invited to join the Astral Artists roster. Astral presented her Philadelphia recital debut, and her solo debut with Symphony in C on Astral’s series was praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer as “a startlingly authoritative performance.” The recipient of Artists International Presentations’ 2009 Outstanding Alumni Award, Ms. Curtis was recently presented in a critically acclaimed recital at Merkin Concert Hall, where she gave the New York première of Enescu’s Airs in Romanian Folk Style for Solo Violin. Highlights of past seasons include a solo appearance with Venezuela’s celebrated Simón Bolívar Orchestra, performances with the International Contemporary Ensemble at Mexico’s Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánes and with Musica Nova in Helsinki, and participation in a mixed media performance piece in the Amazon Jungle of Peru. Possessing a colorful background of wide musical interests, Ms. Curtis has studied West African, Haitian, and Afro-Cuban percussion, and plays the mandolin professionally. Also an accomplished composer, her works have been performed in New York City, at Italy’s Spoleto Festival, the Verbier Festival de Musique in Switzerland and throughout Latin America. Founder of the Tres Americas Project, she was recently featured with the ensemble as part of the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s Nuevo Latino Festival. Jennifer Curtis holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Mills College in California and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Robert Mann.