Concert Details
Benefit
Concert for the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Wednesday, January 19th, 2004 at 8PM
Isaac Stern Auditorium (Main Stage)
Carnegie Hall
David Bernard, Conductor
Jourdan Urbach, Violin
Verdi Overture to "La
Forza del Destino"
Sibelius Violin Concerto, Op. 47
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98
About the Soloist
 12
year old concert violinist Jourdan Urbach has been compared to a
“Young Paganini” with “buttery smooth playing” by New York Critics. Jourdan
has performed frequently in solo recital at major concert halls in the New
York Metropolitan area, including Carnegie Recital Hall, Lefrak Hall,
Steinway Hall, and The Tilles Center. He has also appeared as soloist with
The New Haven Symphony, The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, The Metropolitan
Youth Orchestra, and The Massapequa Philharmonic.
Jourdan made his Lincoln Center Debut on October 22, 2003 as
soloist with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, performing The Bruch Violin
Concerto (Charles Osgood of CBS News was emcee, and Reynolds Levy, President
of Lincoln Center, honored Jourdan in his introduction). His performance was
also featured on WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase, where host Robert Sherman
noted that Jourdan was “The one to watch for the future; a brilliant
performer.”
Jourdan has an exciting and aggressive concert schedule this
season, including his Carnegie Hall Debut (Main Stage), as soloist with the
Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto on
January 19th, 2005. He will also be a featured performer at the Kravis
Center in Palm Beach, Florida on January 16, 2005, in a Gala Concert Special
for From the Top, the national classical radio show which highlights
America’s musical prodigies.
Jourdan has been a featured guest artist on national
television, performing and being interviewed on Good Morning America by
Diane Sawyer; The Caroline Rhea Show; CNN – Lou Dobbs Tonight; Inside
Edition with Deborah Norville; and Last Call With Carson Daly. The New York
Times, The Daily News and Newsday have published substantial profiles of
Jourdan, focusing both on his accomplishments as a concert violinist and
author. Jourdan’s first novel, Leaving Jeremiah (Goose river Press), is now
in its second printing. His second novel, Inside The Music (Goose river
Press), a frank but fictionalized look at the world of classical music
through the eyes of a group of teenage friends who are prodigies – their
struggles, competition, deep friendships, jealousies and social lives – is
scheduled for publication in January, 2005.
Jourdan has also been featured in People Magazine on
April 12th, in a profile article entitled “Young People Who Will Make
America’s Future.”
Jourdan studies the violin with Patinka Kopec and Lewis
Kaplan, and is a student in The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division.
Jourdan is the founder of CHC (Children Helping
Children), a musical charity foundation which fundraises for New York area
hospitals, and has raised tens of thousands of dollars for pediatric
divisions all over New York; Proceeds from Jourdan’s Carnegie Hall Debut in
January, 2005 will go to benefit The National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Jourdan has received citations from The Nassau County
and New York State Legislatures for his accomplishments in the fields of
music and literature, as well as for his great humanitarian work with CHC.
He has been chosen to be a participant in the Johns Hopkins University
Center for Talented Youth.
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