Violinist Ellinor D’Melon performs Peace by Jessie Montgomery with pianist Lam Wong. The 20-year-old recently appeared at the Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia Festival 2022. 

D’Melon was born to Cuban parents in Jamaica, and began learning the violin at the age of two. She has won first prize at major competitions including the Henryk Wieniawski, ‘Debut Berlin’ and Novosibirsk competition. A student of Zakhar Bron since 2011, D’Melon performs on a 1743 G.B. Guadagnini violin on loan from an anonymous donor from London.

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Watch: Ellinor D’Melon performs Sarasate’s Introduction et Tarantelle

Watch: Ellinor D’Melon plays Kreisler Cadenza from the Brahms Violin Concerto

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