“Chase deserves the acclaim… she gave an unaffected, beautiful performance with a variety and clarity of tone that projected effortlessly.  It commanded the normally violin-absorbent hall” - San Francisco Chronicle     “The soloist was the superb violinist Stephanie Chase, who played with elegance, dexterity, rhythmic vitality and great imagination. This was a Classical performance in the best sense: clear-headed, straightforward, intelligent” – Boston Globe     "Rich, passionate tone, dead-true intonation throughout, and virtuosity galore" - Gramophone      "stunning power" - Louisville Courier-Journal      “...a deeply poetic account of the (Sibelius) Concerto by Stephanie Chase, (who) poured out the impassioned northern lyricism on a spacious scale, holding enough throbbing tone and gutsy bravura in reserve for the extroverted passages” – Chicago Tribune      “A supreme musical performer whose complete virtuosity enables her to ennoble everything she plays.” – Byron Belt, Newhouse Newspapers     “Refreshingly stylish…(Chase) “makes each work a new musical journey, riveting the audience’s attention from beginning to end” - St. Louis Post-Dispatch    “The American violinist conquered the work’s many technical hurdles as authoritatively as she illuminated its generous lyric outpourings” – Los Angeles Times      “She played always with firm control, a fine sense of the music’s subtle shadings and above all the vigor and the large gestures it often demands" – Washington Post    “Stephanie Chase has a great sense of style, matchless technique and flawless intonation” – BBC Music Magazine     “Exceptional security of technique and bow control, married to a supreme inner radiance” – Performance Today, National Public Radio     "an elegant soloist" - New York Times    

"rich, passionate tone, dead-true intonation throughout, and virtuosity galore" - Gramophone

"elegance,  dexterity, rhythmic vitality and great imagination" - Boston Globe

"stunning power" - Louisville Courier-Journal

"matchless technique" - BBC Music Magazine

Stephanie Chase in concert - December 2, 2011
 

“plays the bejabbers out of Zigeunerweisen” - Classical Net Review

“an elegant soloist” - New York Times

"sensational....Classical Act of the Decade" - Louisville Courier-Times

“talented and beautiful” - Sony BMG Masterworks

“has an indescribable quality on stage. She is like a great actress, with such presence that by speaking softly, she can make the audience hang on every syllable” - Portland Press Herald

“one of the most respected classical violinists in the world.” - Woman Around Town

Take this link to a partial list of orchestras with which
Stephanie Chase has performed as soloist.

Stephanie Chase in recital - October 19, 2011
 

CLASSICAL ACTS OF THE DECADE

"Stephanie Chase delivers, with the Louisville Orchestra, a sensational account of Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto. The Elgar is among a handful of the most demanding works in the standard concerto repertoire, and Chase's account takes a challenge and turns it into a privilege." - Andrew Adler, Courier-Journal, December 2009

Video of Stephanie playing Sarasate's Introduction and Tarantella live on October 19, 2011. 

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