Ivana Jasova
violin
Born in Novi Sad, Serbian violinist Ivana Jasova won numerous state competitions and music festivals as a child, as both soloist and as a part of various chamber music ensembles. During her undergraduate studies at UCLA, Ivana worked with Movses Pogossian and Guillaume Sutre, and won the UCLA All Stars Competition in 2009, which allowed her to perform on the “Duke of Alcantara” violin. Subsequently, Ivana pursued her master’s degree at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with Wei He, and regularly performed as the concertmistress of the SFCM Orchestra. Joining the Lontano String Quartet, Ivana gave concerts in San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland, and in 2012, toured Denmark with the Thy Chamber Music Festival. While pursuing her doctorate at Boston University, Ivana served as the concertmistress for Boston Civic Orchestra, and participated in the Tanglewood Music Center Festival for three summers. Upon graduating in 2015, Ivana was the recipient of the prestigious Esther B. and Albert S. Kahn Career Entry Award. Since then, Ivana has worked as faculty at Bendada Music Festival in Portugal, and played first violin in the Gävle Sinfoniorkester in Sweden (2016-17). Currently co-leader of the second violins in the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Norway, Ivana loves to cook, read, and paint in her free time.
Født i Novi Sad, har den serbiske fiolinisten Ivana Jasova vunnet en rekke statlige konkurranser og musikkfestivaler som barn, både som solist og som en del av forskjellige kammermusikkensembler. Under sine grunnleggende studier ved UCLA arbeidet Ivana med Movses Pogossian og Guillaume Sutre, og vant UCLA All Stars Competition i 2009, noe som ga henne muligheten til å opptre med “Duke of Alcantara”-fiolinen. Deretter forfulgte Ivana sin mastergrad ved San Francisco Conservatory of Music, hvor hun studerte med Wei He, og opptrådte jevnlig som konsertmester for SFCM Orchestra. Ivana ga konserter i San Francisco og Zürich, Sveits, med Lontano String Quartet, og i 2012 turnerte hun i Danmark med Thy Chamber Music Festival. Mens hun tok sin doktorgrad ved Boston University, var Ivana konsertmester for Boston Civic Orchestra og deltok på Tanglewood Music Center Festival i tre somre. Etter å ha uteksaminert seg i 2015, mottok Ivana den prestisjetunge Esther B. og Albert S. Kahn Career Entry Award. Siden da har Ivana arbeidet som fakultet ved Bendada Music Festival i Portugal, og spilt førstefiolin i Gävle Symfoniorkester i Sverige (2016-17). For tiden er Ivana medleder for andrefioliner i Stavanger Symfoniorkester i Norge, og i sin fritid elsker hun å lage mat, lese og male.