New CD Release: Barber and Shostakovich Violin Concertos
Violinist Dylana Jenson burst onto the international scene in 1981 with her glistening recording of the Sibelius concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Almost three decades later, she applies her supreme gifts to the Barber and first Shostakovich violin concertos, conveying their distinctive dramatic and lyrical qualities with extraordinary urgency and tonal beauty. David Lockington, former music director of the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, leads authoritative readings with the London Symphony Orchestra. Grade: A ,  D.R., The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Dylana Jenson's new recording with the London Symphony
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"A Mature Master"   - New York Times

"Fire, passion and rhythmic elan"   - Strad Magazine

Dylana Jenson has performed with most major orchestras in the United States and traveled to Europe, Australia, Japan and Latin America for concerts, recitals and recordings. After her triumphant success at the Tchaikovsky Competition, where she became the youngest and first American woman to win the Silver Medal, she made her Carnegie Hall debut playing the Sibelius Concerto with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Following her most recent Carnegie Hall performance, Jenson again electrified both audience and critics in her performance of Karl Goldmark's violin concerto. According to Strad Magazine, "In Jenson's hands, even lyrical passages had an intense, tremulous quality... a sizzling performance." Harris Goldsmith of the New York Concert Review said, "I can give no higher praise than to say that her excellent performance brought to mind, and was a loving tribute to, the great Nathan Milstein... who was one of Jenson's mentors."

Ms. Jenson was made an Honorary Citizen of Costa Rica for her artistic contribution to her mother's homeland. Dylana Jenson comes from a family with a strong tradition in the arts. Her sister, Vicky Jenson, directed the films 'Shrek' and 'Shark Tale'. Her brother Ivan is a painter and poet. Her daughter, Mariama Lockington, is a Hopwood award winning poet.

In tandem with her solo career Jenson has been busy giving Master Classes and teaching at summer music festivals. In her teaching she uses the Russian technique taught by Leopold Auer and championed by great artists such as Nathan Milstein, David Oistrakh, Isaac Stern and Jasha Heifetz. This method develops a natural physical relationship to the instrument.

Dylana Jenson started the violin at the age of two and a half with her mother. She then studied with Manual Compinsky, Nathan Milstein and Josef Gingold.


Strad Magazine - August 2005:
"Fire, passion, rhythmic elan - these are some of the adjectives Dylana Jenson's playing inspires. After a long absence from New York's concert stage, Jenson appeared at Carnegie Hall for a sizzling performance of Goldmark's Violin Concert in A minor. In Jenson's hand, even lyrical passages had an intense tremulous quality."

American Record Guide:
"Soloist Dylana Jenson, showed that her vibrant, fluent playing hasn't lost its edge."

New York Concert Review - Summer 2005:
"Ms. Jenson gave the Goldmark Violin Concerto an ardent interpretation, with clear-cut, uneccentric phrasing, and I can give not higher praise than to say that her excellent performance brought to mind, and was a loving tribute to, the great Nathan Milstein... one of Jenson's mentors."


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Solo Engagements Include:

Albany Symphony
Abilene Philharmonic
Amarillo Symphony
Arapahoe Philharmonic
Arizona State University Orchestra
Asheville Symphony Orchestra
Augusta Symphony Orchestra
Bach Society Orchestra, Harvard University Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Bayer Philharmonic, Germany
Berlin Radio Symphony, Germany
Bochum Orchestra, Germany
Boise Philharmonic
Bonn Orchestra, Germany
Brevard Symphony
Buffalo Symphony
California Chamber Orchestra
Canton Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Cheyenne Symphony
Chicago Sinfonietta
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dayton Philharmonic
Denver Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra
Duluth-Superior Symphony
El Paso Symphony Orchestra
Evansville Philharmonic
Fargo Moorhead Symphony Orchestra
Festival of 1000 Oaks Orchestra
Flagstaff Symphony
Florida Gulf Coast Symphony
Florida Symphony Orchestra
Florida West Coast Symphony
Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra
Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, Germany
Frankfurt Orchestra, Germany
Galveston Symphony Orchestra
Gelsenkirchen Orchestra, Germany
Grand Rapids Symphony
Greeley Philharmonic
Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Hartford Symphony
Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Hudson Valley Philharmonic
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Kansas City Symphony
Kingsport Symphony
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Licking County Symphony Orchestra
Lodz Philharmonic, Poland
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
Long Island Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Louisville Orchestra
Mankato Symphony Orchestra
Marin Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australia
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
Moscow State Philharmonic, Soviet Union
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
New Britain Symphony
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
New Orleans Philharmonic
New Philharmonic of New Jersey
New York Philharmonic
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic
Nurnberg Philharmonic, Germany
Oakland Symphony
Omaha Sinfonia
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
Orquesta Filharmonica de la Universidad, Mexico
Orquesta Sinfonica del SODRE, Uruguay
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional, Costa Rica
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional, El Salvador
Philadelphia Orchestra
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Australia
Rhode Island Philharmonic
Rochester Symphony Orchestra
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony
San Jose Symphony Orchestra
San Juan Symphony, Puerto Rico
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Symphony
South Bend Symphony Orchestra
South Dakota Symphony
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
Stockton Symphony Orchestra
Sudwestfunk Symphony-Lucerne Festival, Switzerland
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australia
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Pops Orchestra
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tulare County Symphony Orchestra
Victoria Symphony, BC
Waterloo Festival Orchestra
Wichita Symphony Orchestra
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Canada
Yakima Symphony Orchestra
Yale Symphony Orchestra