UP COMING:
December 8th, 2024
Venue: Chiesa Valdese di Piazza Cavour, Roma in the L’Aula Magna, Rome Italy
Recital with Fabio Fornaciari, piano
Time: 19:00/7 pm
Event details: https://bartshields.com/december-8th-2024-recital/
January 5th, 2025
Venue: Alsace Lutheran Church, Reading PA, United States
Concerto performance of J.S. Bach Double Violin Concerto, Vivaldi Concerto in F minor “Winter”, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 and Sibelius Humoresques Op. 87, No. 2 and Op. 89, No. 4
with the Vilacello Young Artist Chamber Orchestra and violinist, Filippo Bogdanovic
Time: 7 pm
January 7th, 2025
Rocky Ridge Music Center on Tour, with Steinway Artist, Hsing-ay Hsu, piano
Venue: Kaufman Music Center – Posner-Ackmann Hall, New York City, NY, United States
Address: Abraham Goodman House, 129 West 67th Street (btw Broadway and Amsterdam), New York, NY 10023
Time: 6:30 pm
Works: TBA
February/March, 2025
Venue: Love²Arts Gallery Management Representation, Antwerp, Belgium
Works: TBA
Cost: €20
June 16th-20th, 2025
Sheva Collection Album Recording
Venue: Studio Steinway Recording, Lincolnshire, England
Works: Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 100, Franck Violin Sonata, and Gabriel Fauré Romance, Op. 28, with Chan Mi Jean, piano
June 23rd – 27th, 2025
Solo and Chamber Music performances at the Vilacello String and Piano Festival, with violinist, Timothy Chooi and pianist, Chan Mi Jean
Venue: Hotel Terme Rosapepe 1907, Contursi, Italy
Website: https://www.termerosapepe.com/
Works: TBA
July 6th, 2025
Time: 3 pm
Rocky Ridge Music Center’s Music in the Mountains Recital Series
Venue: Rocky Ridge Music Center, Estes Park, Colorado, United States
Works: TBA
Event details: https://bartshields.com/july-6th-2025-recital/
August 11 – 17th, 2025
The Vilacello String and Piano Festival Solo and Chamber Performances
Venue: Alsace Lutheran Church, Reading PA, United States
With: Chan Mi Jean, Timothy Chooi, Holly Nelson, Julia Choi, Jennifer Choi, Zoë Martin-Doike, and Maria Dell’Orefice
PAST:
October 14th, 2024
Time: 2 pm
University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON K1N 6N5, Canada
Visiting Guest Artist
October 9, 2024
Time: 7 pm
Venue: EL SISTEMA COLORADO
2980 Curtis Street
Denver, CO 80205
(Parking on the street and around the park)
Brahms –Violin Sonata in G Major, Op 78
Schubert – Rondo Brillant in B Minor, D. 895
with Chan Mi Jean, piano
October 9th, 2024
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO, USA
Visiting Guest Artist
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: The King Center Recital Hall
Paganini – Caprice 17
Masterclass
September 10 – 14th, 2024
2024 Classic Violin Olympus International Competition, Rome Italy
Venue: Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, Studio 1
September 1 – 8th, 2024
The 30th anniversary of the International Johannes Brahms Competition, Pörtschach, Austria
Venue: Congress Center Pörtschach, Hauptstraße 203, 9210 Pörtschach am Wörthersee
August 17th, 2024
Time: 3:30 pm
Alsace Lutheran Church
2201 Kutztown Rd, Reading, PA 19605, USA
Vilacello String and Piano Festival
Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
- Ariel Horowitz, violin 1
- Holly Nelson, violin 2
- Bartholomew Fortino-Shields, viola
- Atticus Mellor-Goldman, cello
César Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor
- Timothy Chooi, violin 1
- Bartholomew Fortino-Shields, violin 2
- Florrie Marshall, viola
- Atticus Mellor-Goldman, cello
- Chan Mi Jean, piano
August 14th, 2024
Time: 6 pm
Alsace Lutheran Church
2201 Kutztown Rd, Reading, PA 19605, USA
Vilacello String and Piano Festival
Faculty Solo Showcase Recital
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
August 10th, 2024
Time: 3:30 pm
The Highlands at Wyomissing, Wyomissing PA, USA
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Gabriel Fauré – Romance for Violin and Piano Op. 28
César Franck – Violin Sonata
with Chan Mi Jean, piano
August 9th, 2024
Time: 7 pm
An die Musik LIVE, Baltimore MD, USA
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Gabriel Fauré – Romance for Violin and Piano Op. 28
César Franck – Violin Sonata
with Chan Mi Jean, piano
July 22nd – 23rd, 2024
Musica d’Estate Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo at Bardonecchia, Italy
Paganini – Caprice 15, J.S. Bach Partita No. 1 in B minor, and Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major
April 24th, 2024
Time: 7 pm
Hotel Terme Rosapepe, Contursi, Italy
Sala dei Cristalli
Works by Bach, Ysaye, Beethoven and Hubay
with Stefano Musso, piano
https://www.artconcerto.it/concerti/duo-fortino-shields-musso
March 7th, 2024
Recording at L’Ammonite – Campagnano di Roma, Italy
Béla Bartók – Sonata for violin solo, Sz 117, Movs 3-4
February 16th, 2024
Recording at Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo-Torino, Italy
Franz Schubert – Rondo Brillant in B minor, D 895
with Stefano Musso, piano
December 29th, 2023
Vilacello Winter Workshop
Masterclass
Time: 8 am – 10 am
New Life Bible Fellowship Church, Oley, Pennsylvania, United States
Chamber Music Recital with Vilacello Alumni & Friends
Time: 4 pm
Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 7 in D minor, movs 1 & 4
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
December 16th, 2023
Time: 5 pm
Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo, Pinerolo-Torino Italia
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108
with Alessandro Mosca, piano
December 14th, 2023
Time: 6 pm
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, Roma Italia
Niccolo Paganini – Caprices 16 & 19
J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 2 in A minor (S.1003), Andante
June 9th, 2023
Time: 3:30 pm
Reformation Lutheran Church
3670 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19606
Vilacello Festival Chamber Music Recital
Bartholomew Fortino Shields, violin
Florrie Marshall, viola
Arlen Hlusko, cello
Chan Mi Jean, piano
Bohuslav Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313, Poco allegro
Ernő Dohnányi – Serenade for String Trio, op. 10
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
June 5th, 2023
Time: 3:30 pm
Reformation Lutheran Church
3670 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19606
with Chan Mi Jean, piano
Fritz Kreisler – Recitativo und Scherzo, Op. 6
Niccolo Paganini – Caprice No. 23
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”, Op. 47
June 2rd, 2023
Time: 7 pm
The Highlands at Wyomissing
2000 Cambridge Ave, Wyomissing, PA 19610
with Chan Mi Jean, piano
Program:
Fritz Kreisler – Recitativo und Scherzo, Op. 6
Niccolo Paganini – Caprice No. 23
Bartholomew Fortino Shields, violin
Robert Schumann/Franz Liszt – Widmung
Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor
Chan Mi Jean, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”, Op. 47
I. Adagio sostenuto – Presto – Adagio
II. Andante con variazioni
III. Presto
Bartholomew Fortino Shields, violin and Chan Mi Jean, piano
March 21st, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm
St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
with Chan Mi Jean, piano
Buy Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.event&eventID=68CEC3EC-9FE1-F9D2-CCECF99AF990E8F6
Henryk Wieniawski – Polonaise Brillante No. 2 in A major, Op. 21
César Franck – Violin Sonata in A major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman,” K. 265/300e
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor “Appassionata,” Op. 57
February 18th, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm
St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
with Grace Takeda, viola
Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni – Duo No.1 in E-flat major
Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni – Duo No. 2 in G minor
Johan Halvorsen – Sarabande con variazioni, theme de Handel
Johan Halvorsen – Passacaglia
Live stream link: https://www.youtube.com/live/93F8Aq728tw?feature=share
May 4, 2022
7:30 PM
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Peabody Institute Chamber Music Recital Series
Cohen-Davison Family Theatre 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
7:30 pm Wednesday, May 4 FREE
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 2 in A maj, Op. 26
Bartholomew Fortino Shields, violin
Margaret Eklund Klucznik, viola
John Sample, cello
Chloe Desouza, piano
April 10, 2022
3:30 PM
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Hilda and Douglas Goodwin Recital Hall
Master of Music Violin Recital
with Allison Freeman, piano
Eugène Ysaÿe – Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 27, No. 3, “Ballade”
Ernest Chausson – Poème, Op. 25
Richard Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Improvisation (Andante cantabile)
III. Finale (Andante-Allegro)