Doori Na – Past Concerts
Known for his sweet and "sumptuous" (The New York Times) tone, American-born violinist Doori Na took up violin at the age of four and began his studies with Li Lin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He quickly made his first performance with orchestra at age seven with the Peninsula Youth Symphony as the first prize winner of the concerto competition. Thereafter Doori went on to win top prizes in The Sound of Music Festival, The Korea Times Youth Music Competition, the Chinese Music Teacher’s Association, The Menuhin Dowling Young Artist Competition, The Junior Bach Festival, VOCE of the Music Teacher's Association of California, and The Pacific Musical Society. Receiving full scholarships to private high school Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, he moved to Los Angeles to study with renown violin teacher, Robert Lipsett, at The Colburn Music School. There he appeared as soloist with the Palisades Symphony, Brentwood Symphony, and Torrance Symphony. During that time, the summer of 2004 was Doori’s first time at the Perlman Music Program where his expression and musical identity were greatly influenced. He has been a part of the program ever since and participated in many of their special residencies in Florida, Vermont, New York, and Israel.
Currently living in New York City, Doori plays with numerous ensembles around the city. He has played with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with tours in the US, Japan, and Europe performing in venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Musiverien in Vienna. Other orchestras include American Symphony Orchestra at Bard College, American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House, and Riverside Symphony at the Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. The music of our time has also been an integral part of Doori's New York life. He is part of the New Music Project of Argento Chamber Ensemble performing the works of Georg Friedrich Haas, Beat Furrer, Tristan Murail, and many more. One of his favorite groups to work with is New Chamber Ballet, where he has been a member since 2013. He provides live solo music for dance at their regular venue of City Center Studios and have also gone on tour to Lake Tahoe, Germany, and Guatemala.
Chamber music has always been a big part of Doori’s growth as a musician. His first endeavor playing in an ensemble was with the Luna Trio as a teenager, and were finalists at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2016. From then on, he has collaborated with members of the Juilliard String Quartet, New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera and has been fortunate to tour with Itzhak Perlman at venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Other notable experiences include performing at the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach with the Bonhoeffer Trio and Les Amies trio.
Doori has also found that teaching and doing outreach is essential to being a well rounded musician. He currently works at the Juilliard School as a teaching assistant to Catherine Cho and gives lessons as well as running play-through classes for the students. In 2015, he returned to the Music Teacher’s Association of California to give a masterclass and recital for their annual convention. Outreach to schools includes going to Sarasota, Florida with the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast, Brazil with Juilliard Global Ventures, the British International School of Chicago with Juilliard President Joseph Polisi, and more.
Doori attended the Juilliard School with the Dorothy Starling and Dorothy Delay scholarships and holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree where he studied under Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, and Donald Weilerstein. He was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra and was fortunate to play on a Guadagnini and Vuillaume violin from the Juilliard School's prestigious violin collection.
Central Chamber Series: Youthful Masters
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
$20 (students free with ID)
Central Chamber Series: Bach in the Sanctuary
Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
$20 (students free with ID)
Central Chamber Series: The Romantics
Johannes Brahms — Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
$20 (students free)
Central Chamber Series: NY Phil @ Central
Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
$20 (students free)
VISION + Friends – A Benefit Concert for Ukraine
Gabriela Lena Frank — Selected works
Mark O'Connor — Selected works
Mykola Lysenko — Selected works
Myroslav Skoryk — Melody
Osvaldo Golijov — Tenebrae
Valentin Silvestrov (Valentyn Sylvestrov) — Postlude for solo violin
Free (RSVP available)
Central Chamber Series: Songs Without Words
Felix Mendelssohn — Lied ohne Worte ("Song without Words") No. 30, Op. 62, No. 6 (arr. Friedrich Hermann)
Felix Mendelssohn — Lied ohne Worte ("Song without Words") No. 5, Op. 19b, No. 5 (arr. Friedrich Hermann)
Felix Mendelssohn — Lied ohne Worte ("Song without Words") No. 25, Op. 62, No. 1 (arr. Fritz Kreisler)
Felix Mendelssohn — Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$20 (students free w/ID)
Central Chamber Series: "Deeper Roots"
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20 (students free w/ID))
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