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Edson Scheid playing Paganini Caprice No. 1 on In Tune from BBC Radio 3 in London. Photo Credit: Benjamin Sosland
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THE RECORD
Albany Symphony to host concerts at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, March 2024
"Albany Symphony Music Director, David Alan Miller, has invited four young violinists, specialists in authentic Baroque-style performance who recently graduated from the Juilliard School’s acclaimed Historical Performance program, to perform the four concertos that make up the “Four Seasons”: Ravenna Lipchik, Edson Scheid, Amelia Sie and Shelby Yamin. They will be performing on authentic Baroque instruments."
THE STRAD
Competition offers Benedetti Baroque Orchestra tour opportunity to a budding violinist, August 2023
"The competition coincides with the announcement of this year’s Benedetti Baroque Virtual Sessions, which will be held from 2 to 13 October 2023, with live sessions on 7 and 8 October. The sessions will include baroque specialists such as three musicians from Il Pomo D’oro - Zelfira Valova & Edson Scheid (violin) and Miguel Rincón Rodriguez (theorbo); Adrian Bending (percussion); Steven Devine (keyboard); Thomas Dunford and Elizabeth Kenny (lute); Clifton Harrison (viola); Margaret Faultless and Alina Ibragimova (violin) and David Watkin (cello)."
THE VIOLIN CHANNEL
The Benedetti Foundation Announces 2023 Baroque Virtual Sessions, August 2023
"The program will be led by internationally acclaimed specialists including percussionist Adrian Bending; keyboardist Steven Devine; lutists Thomas Dunford and Elizabeth Kenny; violist Clifton Harrison; violinists Margaret Faultless and Alina Ibragimova; and cellist David Watkin.
More featured artists include three members of Il Pomo D’oro: violinists Zelfira Valova and Edson Scheid, and theorbo player Miguel Rincón Rodriguez."
THE JUILLIARD JOURNAL
Class Notes, Spring 2023
"Edson Scheid (Graduate Diploma '15, historical performance) performed Paganini's complete 24 Caprices on a period violin for Gotham Early Music Scene's series Midtown Concerts in a two-part program, The Devil's Violin, in May and September."
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
January, 2023
"Join UCSB faculty Ertan Torgul and members of the renowned Il Pomo d’Oro Orchestra for a violin masterclass on Wednesday, January 25 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in Room 1219 of the Music Building. Led by concertmaster and conductor Zefira Valova and violinist Edson Scheid, this masterclass is a unique opportunity to gain insight and inspiration from some of the world's most accomplished musicians. Come watch current UCSB students and faculty, Daniel Ryan Munoz (violin), Zhongxi Lin (piano), Shifa Leduc-Akbar (violin), Elizabeth Lim (violin), and Professor Natasha Kislenko (piano) perform."
MIDTOWN CONCERTS
September 2022
Edson blew us all away with his virtuosic playing of Part I of Nicolò Paganini's 24 Caprices for solo violin last spring (watch Part I here). The 24 Caprices, published in Milan in 1820, represent the pinnacle of violin virtuosity in the Romantic Era and continue to challenge violinists and exhilarate audiences. The Midtown Concerts audience will have the rare opportunity to hear the Caprices on a period violin with gut strings and a classical bow. More info
THE CLARION ORCHESTRA
September 2022
"Led by concertmaster Cynthia Roberts, The Clarion Orchestra performs Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (with Sandra Miller, flute) and Double Violin Concerto (with Edson Scheid, violin), together with music of Bach's compatriot and friend, Georg Philipp Telemann - the Don Quixote Suite and Concerto for Recorder and Flute."
THE JUILLIARD JOURNAL
Class Notes, September 2022
"In March, Edson Scheid (Graduate Diploma '15, historical performance) toured seven countries in Europe as assistant concertmaster with Il Pomo d'Oro, playing Eden, Joyce DiDonato's latest multifaceted project."
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE
Notes on the Scene, August 2022
GEMS Season Preview III
"Fall schedule highlights include Edson Scheid's completion of the 24 Paganini Caprices (view the stunning first concert here)..."
MIDTOWN CONCERTS
May 2022
The Devil's Violin: Edson Scheid plays Paganini
The Empire Viols unfortunately had to cancel because of a positive COVID case; we thank Edson Scheid for stepping in at the last minute to perform this fabulous program.
Internationally acclaimed Brazilian virtuoso Edson Scheid has totally internalized the incredible Caprices; he plays these fiendishly difficult and breathtaking pieces with an assurance and musicality that is extremely rare.
Today the Caprices are often performed on modern violins and bows, but rarely on period instruments. This week, for the first time ever at GEMS Midtown Concerts, Paganini’s Caprices will be heard on a period violin with gut strings and a classical bow.
Edson Scheid, period violin
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE
August 2020
October 22, 2020 - Scheid, Lee, Karosi, and Kim
Sanguineus und Melancholius
The title represents the two extreme psychological states from ancient Greek medical theory: Sanguineus und Melancholius. We explore the Trio Sonata genre that vividly displays both melancholic and fiery constitutions, with works from Isabella Leonarda, Georg Friederich Handel, Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, and C.P.E. Bach.
Edson Scheid, violin
Seula Isabelle Lee, violin
Balint Karosi, harpsichord/organ
Ana Kim, cello
EL SISTEMA VENEZUELA
July 2020
"Estamos felices de sumar al Conservatorio Itinerante Inocente Carreño a los maestros Zefira Valova- Violín; Edson Scheid- violín; Stefano Rossi –Violín/Viola; Ludovico Minasi- violonchelo y continuo y Miguel Rincón- Tiorba/ Guitarra. Todos dictarán una serie de clases magistrales especialmente dedicadas a la música barroca en cada una de sus áreas, donde participarán integrantes de la Orquesta Barroca Simón Bolívar y muchos otros integrantes de El Sistema."
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE
Notes on the Scene, July 2020
Edson Scheid and Bálint Karosi
"Violinist Edson Scheid and harpsichordist Bálint Karosi perform J. S. Bach’s Sonata in B minor, BWV 1014. The outdoor video recording was made at a private drive way in Greenwich, CT. The combination of Bach’s music and the nature surrounding the musicians provide a truly special experience, which we are thrilled to share with our audience!"
Early Music America
New Releases, October 2019
Title: On Paganini’s Trail… H. W. Ernst and more
Ensemble: Edson Scheid
Label: Centaur
Publication Date: October 2019
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VIOLINIST.COM
For the Record, October 2019
"During the mid-19th Century there was a debate as to who would in effect be the next Paganini. This album includes works by one of the major contenders - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - as well as Edson Scheid's own arrangement of Mozart's Rondo from Duo in G Major for violin and viola, KV 423. "This album presents some amazing virtuoso violin music by Ernst and it is the first recording ever of this repertoire on gut strings," Scheid said. "It has been an incredible journey to explore what it means to play this music on a period violin."
CONNECTICUT POST
Joe Amarante, April 2019
"American Baroque Orchestra explores music & life of Joseph Bologne..."
"Accomplished violin soloist Edson Scheid will play one of Bologne’s groundbreaking concertos..."
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
October 2018
"Violinist Edson Scheid performs virtuoso solo works of the 19th century. Scheid’s recital of 24 Paganini caprices dazzled audiences last fall and we’re ecstatic to host him in recital again this year!"
CHRONOGRAM
Aston Magna Music Festival: Dueling Violins, Genial Gambas, June 2018
"In a special festival performance at Wethersfield, Aston Magna presents the music of Leclair, Stradella, Caldara, Marais, Ste. Colombe, Couperin. With acclaimed Brazilian violinist Edson Scheid and Aston Magna Artistic Director Daniel Stepner on baroque violins..."
THE JUILLIARD JOURNAL
Class Notes, November 2017
"In September, Edson Scheid (Graduate Diploma '15, historical performance) played Paganini's 24 Caprices for solo violin on Baroque Violin and taught a master class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill."
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
Guest Artist Masterclass with Edson Scheid, violin, September 2017
"Fresh off his violin concert in the William S. Newman Artists Series the previous night, Edson Scheid will conduct a masterclass with UNC music students."
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin, September 2017
"World-renowned violinist Edson Scheid will start the 2017-18 William S. Newman Artists Series with his performance of Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin."
BOSTON GLOBE
Summer Arts Preview: Classical picks, May 2017
"ASTON MAGNA FESTIVAL This year, the country’s longest-running early music festival launches June 15 with a program of dances featuring bandoneon master Hector del Curto. Other programs include arias and sinfonias from biblical oratorios with soprano Dominique Labelle, and baroque violinist Edson Scheid playing all 24 of Paganini’s dazzling, virtuosic caprices."
NOTES FROM ASPEN
Alumni news, May 2017
"Edson Scheid (violin 2012-14) was featured in a New York Times article, 'Getting inside the mind of Bach.'"
MUSIC AT YALE
Recordings & Publications, Spring 2017
"Edson Scheid ’11MM ’12AD completed a recording of the 24 Caprices of Paganini on the Baroque violin. The album was released in September 2016 on the Naxos label."
NEW ON NAXOS
September 2016
"Performed on gut strings – one of the very few recordings to do this – on a period violin with classical bow (a 1739 Testore fiddle, with no chin rest, no shoulder rest, baroque bridge and tailpiece). This performance explores historical period practice in relation to works almost always played on a modern set-up instrument.
VIOLINIST.COM
For the Record, September 2016
"Paganini Caprices are played nearly always with a modern set-up, though they were written around 1805 and published in 1820. In this recording, Brazilian violinst Edson Scheid, explores period performance, performing with a classical bow on on a 1739 Testore violin with gut strings and no chinrest, no shoulder rest, and a Baroque bridge and tailpiece. Scheid is a two-time winner of the Historical Performance Concerto Competition at The Juilliard School."
MERCURY: THE ORCHESTRA REDEFINED
September 2016
"2016-2017 Mercury-Juilliard Fellows:
Edson Scheid (violin)"
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE
Notes on the Scene, August 2016
"Edson Scheid, a recent graduate of the Julliard Historical Performance program, performs Nicolo Paganini's 24 Caprices, Op. 1 on a soon-to-be-released Naxos label recording."
ASTON MAGNA MUSIC FESTIVAL
March 2015
"Violinist Edson Scheid Joins Aston Magna for Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' and Bach."