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About the Artists
Violinist Jorja fleezanis has been concertmaster of the Minnesota
Orchestra since 1989, assuming that position after nearly a decade
as the very popular associate concertmaster of the San Francisco
Symphony. With the Minnesota Orchestra, Fleezanis appeared in 2002
in the world premiere of John Tavener’s Ikon of Eros and in 1994 in John
Adams’s Violin Concerto, both of them commissioned and written for
her. She began her violin studies with Ara Zerounian while attending
public school in Detroit, where she was born. After further studies at
the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and
the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, she joined the Chicago
Symphony at age 23. In fall 2009, it was recently announced, Fleezanis
will become Professor of Music at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana
University, holding the Henry A. Upper Chair in Orchestral Studies—
one of the most prestigious appointments in the United States. As
artist-in-residence at UC Davis, she appeared with the UCDSO twice in
1996 and three more times since then. Idolized by UC Davis musicians,
she was thus the obvious choice to headline our Golden Jubilee gala
concert. Fleezanis plays a 1700 Matteo Goffriller violin.
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D. Kern Holoman, Cynthia Bates, and Jorja Fleezanis, Freeborn Hall, 12 May 2001