"Virtuoso violinist..."
- The Boston Globe
Edson Scheid has been praised for his "polished playing" (The Strad), and for being a "virtuoso violinist" (The Boston Globe). His performance of Strauss's song Morgen at Carnegie Hall alongside Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d'Oro was described as follows: "The concertmaster, Edson Scheid, proved a worthy foil as violin soloist" (The New York Times).
P R E S S
"He is both musically and technically one of the most assured and accomplished of today's younger period violinists."
- The Boston Musical Intelligencer
"...clearly gifted..."
- The New York Times
"...violin virtuoso extraordinaire..."
- Fanfare Magazine
"Scheid handles multi-stops, bariolage, alternate hand pizzicato, and other feats with the assurance needed to turn display into music."
-Early Music America
"The concertmaster, Edson Scheid, proved a worthy foil as violin soloist in the Strauss."
- The New York Times
“Far from being mere virtuoso stunts, Scheid’s [Paganini] Caprices abound in the beauty and revolutionary spirit of these works...”
- Fanfare Magazine
“Scheid's polished playing was the high point of the programme...”
- The Strad
“Edson Scheid was more than equipped to deal with the virtuosic challenges...”
- Seen and Heard International
P E R F O R M A N C E S
OCT
16
October 16, 2020
Edson Scheid, violin and Bálint Karosi, harpsichord
St. Barnabas Church, Greenwich, CT, USA
OCT
17
October 17, 2020
Clarion in Central Park: Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No. 2
Central Park, New York, NY, USA
OCT
22
October 22, 2020
Midtown Concerts - Scheid, Lee, Karosi and Kim
The Chapel at St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, NY, USA
NOV
7
November 7, 2020
American Baroque Orchestra, (Edson Scheid, concertmaster and soloist)
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT, USA