Geneva Lewis, violin

 Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, violinist Geneva Lewis has performed as a chamber musician and soloist throughout the United States and Europe. She has been a member of many prize winning ensembles, including the Chimera Quartet and the Incendium Quartet. She was also a member of the Ravos Quartet, which was selected as a New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble in 2016 and 2017, as well as a current member of the Callisto Trio, which was the recipient of the Bronze Medal in the senior division at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, as the youngest group to ever compete in the finals. In the fall of 2019, the Callisto Trio participated in the Masters on Tour series of the International Holland Music Sessions, during which they performed at such locations as the Philharmonic Bratislava and the Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam.  

Geneva has been the recipient of a number of solo and chamber music awards, recently winning first prize at the 2018/19 NEC Concerto Competition, as well as being named a finalist at the 2018 Naumburg Competition. She has also garnered first-prize wins at competitions including YoungArts, the Music Center Spotlight Awards, ENKOR, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, St. Paul’s String Quartet Competition, and the M-Prize, among others. As a soloist, she has performed with the Pasadena Symphony, Pasadena Pops, Symphony NH, Diablo Symphony Orchestra, Culver City Symphony, Sierra Summer Festival Orchestra, Brentwood Westwood Symphony Orchestra, and Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra.  

An advocate of community engagement and music education, Geneva has worked with outreach programs through the Colburn School of Performing Arts and the New England Conservatory. She was selected for NEC’s Community Performances and Partnerships Program’s Ensemble Fellowship, where her string quartet created interactive and educational programs for a variety of audiences within the community. Her quartet was also chosen for the Virginia Arts Festival Residency, where they presented and performed in elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as leading a masterclass at the Governor’s School for the Arts. Geneva was also a chamber music coach at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music’s Chamber Music Intensive.  

Geneva is a graduate of the New England Conservatory where she is currently pursuing an Artists Diploma in Violin Performance as a student of Miriam Fried. She has spent past summers involved in solo and chamber music at such programs as the Ravinia Steans Institute for Piano and Strings, the Perlman Music Program’s Chamber Workshop, the International Holland Music Sessions, the Taos School of Music, the Heifetz International Music Institute and the Marlboro Music Festival. She was recently announced as a Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, as well as being a recipient of the 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Geneva plays on a 1731 Carlo Antonio Testore violin, generously on loan from the Ravinia Steans Music Institute.