UP COMING:
December 14th, 2024
Venue: TBA
Recording Session
Rome, Italy
Works by J.S. Bach, Paganini and Sibelius
with Fabio Fornaciari, piano
January 5th, 2025
Venue: Alsace Lutheran Church, Reading PA, United States
Concerto performance of J.S. Bach Double Violin Concerto and Vivaldi Violin Concerto (TBD)
with the Vilacello Young Artist Chamber Orchestra and violinist, Filippo Bogdanovic
Time: 7 pm
February/March, 2025
Venue: Love²Arts Gallery Management Representation, Antwerp, Belgium
Works: TBD
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: L’Ammonite – Campagnano di Roma, Rome Italy
Works: TBD
July 1st – 4th, 2025
Rocky Ridge Music Center’s Music in the Mountains Recital Series
Venue: Rocky Ridge Music Center, Estes Park, Colorado, United States
Works: TBD
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)