Alana Youssefian Named “Best Recital Soloist”

The annual San Francisco Classical Voice Audience Awards named violinist Alana Youssefian “Best Recital Soloist”. The virtuosic violinist is a member of Voices of Music, frequently performs with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale and many other early-music groups, and she recently released her debut album, Brillance Indéniable: The Virtuoso Violin in the Court of Louis XV. Our reviewer wrote that the music on the recording “weds consummate professionalism with a clear passion for the material.” Runners-up in this category were Youssefian colleagues soprano Jamie Barton and soprano Sherezade Panthaki.