Classical Sundays: Stanichka Dimitrova, violin, and Jessica Osborne, piano

Violinist Stanichka Dimitrova won the Stony Brook University (SBU) Concerto Competition, resulting in a solo performance of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with the SBU orchestra. Her other honors include First Prize in the Barbara Krakauer Scholarship Award Competition at the Associated Music Teachers League in New York City; Hopes, Talents, Masters International Competition; and others. Ms. Dimitrova is a graduate of The Juilliard School and recently received her doctoral degree from SBU. As a member of the world renowned Verbier Festival Orchestra, she has performed with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Paavo Järvi. An avid performer of contemporary music, she regularly collaborates with new and upcoming composers from the New York City area.

Pianist Jessica Osborne received her bachelor of music degree in piano performance from the Juilliard School and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; her master of music degree from Rice University; and her Doctorate of Musical Arts from Yale University. She has been teaching piano for more than 20 years, privately as well as within an academic setting. She is currently on the piano faculty at the Lindeblad School of Music and Third Street Music School  Settlement, as well as building her studio both in person and online in New York City.

All welcome!