ABOUT
KATHERINE SCHAUFENBUEL
Katherine Schaufenbuel is a 13-year-old violinist from Naperville, Illinois. Katherine is a 2025 fellow of NPR’s From the Top and has been featured on WFMT 98.7’s Introductions. She studies with professor Grigory Kalinovsky of IU Jacobs Music School. Katherine has been a member of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras for six years, currently being the co-principal of its Symphony Orchestra. In the past few years she has attended music programs such as the Heifetz International Music Institute. She has also collaborated with and taken masterclasses from many prominent musicians, including Sergey Malov, Robert McDuffie, Vadim Gluzman, Francesca de Pasquale, Rebecca Henry, Dr. Renée-Paule Gauthier, and more.
Katherine is an eighth grader at Kennedy Junior High School. Outside of music, she enjoys golfing and ping pong and likes to build model cars. Katherine plays on a 1676 Francesco Rugeri violin generously loaned by Kenneth Warren and Son, Ltd.
Hear Katherine at the Semi-Finals on Saturday January 25, 2025.
TICKETS FOR THE SEMI-FINALS
JANUARY 25, 2025
Session 1 - 11:00 AM
Session 2 - 1:45PM
Performers for each session announced on January 24, 2025.
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![Wilson Liu]()
WILSON LIU
Pianist
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, KV 466: 1. Allegro -
![Lily Sullivan, Violinist]()
LILY SULLIVAN
Violinist
Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: 1. Allegro non troppo -
![Emily Chen]()
EMILY CHEN
Violinist
Korngold, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35: 1. Moderato mobile -
![Taige Wang, Pianist]()
TAIGE WANG
Pianist
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito -
![Pinyi Lin]()
PINYI LIN
Pianist
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: 1. Allegro con brio -
![Neal Kotamarty Eisfeldt]()
NEAL KOTAMARTY EISFELDT
Violin
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 35: I. Allegro moderato -
![Bennett Larsen]()
BENNETT LARSEN
Pianist
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op. 18: 3. Allegro Scherzando -
![Joseph Gallwas]()
JOSEPH GALLWAS
Pianist
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26: 1. Andante – Allegro -
![Natalie Oh, Violinist]()
NATALIE OH
Violinist
Vieuxtemps, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 37: 1. Allegro non troppo - Moderato -
![Katherine Schaufenbuel]()
KATHERINE SCHAUFENBUEL
Violinist
Khachaturian, Violin Concerto in Dm, Op. 46: 1. Allegro con fermezza -
![Andre Peck, Pianist]()
ANDRÉ PECK
Pianist
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No.1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op.1: I. Vivace -
![Hana Gottesman, Violinist]()
HANA GOTTESMAN
Violinist
Ravel, Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert -
![LEO ZUPKO, VIOLINST]()
LEO ZUPKO
Violinist
Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47: 1. Allegro moderato -
![MIRA KARDAN, CELLIST]()
MIRA KARDAN
Cellist
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: 1. Allegretto -
![Madison Lee, Violinist]()
MADISON LEE
Violinist
Sibelius, Violin Concerto In D minor Op. 47: 3. Allegro, ma non tanto -
![ELENI MOON, PIANIST]()
ELENI MOON
Pianist
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 10: 1. Allegro brioso
