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Melissa White, violinist

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🎻| GRAMMY🏆winning violinist @dininarts @harlemquartet
📍NYC
🧑🏽‍🏫| Professor @nyusteinhardt @universityatbuffalo
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5 mins ago we won a GRAMMY!

Is this real life?!?!?!? taken in Crypto.com Arena by @afroviolinist

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[NEW] Celebrated Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund brings her signature precision and elegance to the @dallassymphony
, leading one of the United States’ most acclaimed orchestras in an exciting program. Discover the concert's centerpiece, the world premiere of DSO Composer-in-Residence @sophiajanimusic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, with the solo role performed by renowned American, @afroviolinist. Full concert on medici.tv! by @afroviolinist

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Stewart - 24 American Caprices

there can be Joy here

Album OUT: 6.19.26

Happy Birthday to the legend SISTER ROSETTA THARPE @sisterrosettatharp

xv. inspired by Sister Rosetta Tharpe “This Train”

MELISSA WHITE …. Let’s go high Bb’s!!!!!! @afroviolinist

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7 months ago

ENESCU
String Octet in C Major
Piano Quintet in D Major

Out now on @chandosrecords!

This one was a biggie. We are so so so so SOOOOOO excited to share it with you!!! 🤗🔥🎉🎨✨♥️

Listen now via the link in bio 🔗

#KaleidoscopeChamberCollective #chambermusic #Enescu #EnescuOctet #newalbum by @afroviolinist

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‘This Train’ has officially left the station, and we’re pickin up er’body because the album drops TODAY!

When @curtis.stewart_violin hit me up to record This Train (Track 15) for his new album, 24 American Caprices, my answer was an immediate HECK YES. And somehow, the project turned out to be even more exciting than I could’ve imagined.

Curtis is wildly creative, and I love the way he expands the voice, possibilities, and imagination of what we can do as violinists and what we can be as musicians.

The album is officially out on all streaming platforms today! We hope you’ll listen, share, support, review—and if you’re feeling especially adventurous, maybe even take a crack at learning a caprice or two!

Welcome to the world, 24 AMERICAN CAPRICES! You couldn’t have picked a more perfect release date: Happy Juneteenth. 🖤 Congratulations, Curtis, and every single person who brought this album and these caprices to life! by @afroviolinist

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4 months ago

Melissa White is an audience favorite, first coming to us with the Harlem Quartet, of which she is a founding member, and more recently performing Florence Price’s first violin concerto with us. She is in high demand as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist, having performed with such leading U.S. ensembles as Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Pops, Louisville Orchestra, and the Atlanta, Baltimore, Colorado, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Seattle Symphony Orchestras. She is an incredible musician, violinist and human being — we are so excited to have her back! taken in Asia Pacific Cultural Center by @afroviolinist

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5 months ago

Over the weekend, @medici.tv released the world premiere of DSO Composer-In-Residence Sophia Jani’s (@sophiajanimusic) Violin Concerto with soloist Melissa White (@afroviolinist) and conductor Tabita Berglund. Today, we’re excited to share an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the days leading up to the live performance here in Dallas.

For "Inside a World Premiere," we captured the creative process in real time, something audiences don’t often see. You’ll also get to hear candid conversations with Sophia and Melissa about the piece, from Sophia’s writing process and her hopes for the work’s future, to the collaboration behind bringing it to life. Or, as Melissa describes it, how it’s “being born!”

🎥 Watch the full mini documentary now on YouTube at the 🔗 in bio.

🎶 Stream the full Violin Concerto at medici.tv/en to experience the thrill of the world premiere for yourself. by @afroviolinist

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it’s all fun and games until your live world premiere lives on medici.tv 🙃

grateful + high key ‘preciate all the love and support 🩵

📷: @nathickman.photo by @afroviolinist

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Last night was the first of four performances featuring the world premiere of DSO Composer-in-Residence Sophia Jani's (@sophiajanimusic) new violin concerto, performed by the amazing Melissa White (@afroviolinist). The @dallasnews praised her playing, noting she performed with “astonishing acuity, in sweetly soaring music as well as the busiest scurries.”

Guest Conductor Tabita Berglund opened the program with the sweeping melodies of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, a perfect start for Valentine’s weekend, and concluded with one of Rachmaninoff’s most celebrated works, Symphonic Dances.

Don't miss your chance to experience this stunning program. Limited tickets are available at the 🔗 in bio.

📸: @sylviaelzafonphoto by @afroviolinist

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8 months ago

Take number fifty eleven… and accepting thoughts and prayers that it’s now cemented to be take #1 tonight 😆 for the world premiere of Sophia Jani’s Violin Concerto with the Dallas Symphony! taken in Myerson Symphony Center by @afroviolinist

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8 months ago

Performing ‘Blink of an Eye’ — a moment brief yet infinite, capturing the fragile line between presence and absence — by @medhiwalerski with @alvinailey was a true highlight of my 2025.

Looking forward to taking in more moments and continuing to be moved by music in 2026. ✨ taken in New York City Center by @afroviolinist

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10 months ago

I’m trying to capture what I still can’t quite put into words.

Two nights ago I had the profound honor of sharing the stage with the Alvin Ailey dancers for a performance of Blink of an Eye, choreographed by Medhi Walerski.

To be the music for these stunning artists — to watch them interpret harmony with their bodies — was unforgettable. Their movement shaped the way I played, and being that close to them will forever change how I visualize the way music travels through body and soul.

To stand inside the artistry, history, and heart of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and to make music alongside these extraordinary dancers, was a gift I’ll cherish. I learned so much, and it was a huge honor to be part of a night where Black excellence lived and breathed in every direction.

Thank you for having me, @alvinailey and congratulations @aliciagrafmack, whose grace, strength, and luminous leadership are carrying Ailey into a radiant new chapter. What an unforgettable moment. ✨🖤 taken in New York City Center by @afroviolinist

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