Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja (10th
January 1961-Present)
She is a classical
violinist, teacher and author born in RomeItaly.Her family emigrated
to the United States
when she was eight and they lived in Cherry
Hill,
New
Jersey.She studied the violin at the Curtis
Institute of Music and the Juilliard School of Music and was the youngest
recipient ever of a Walter W. Naumberg
International Violin Competition.She received an Avery Fisher Career Grant which culminated in her
receiving the Avery Fisher Prize in 1999.Also in 1999 she was the first ever
recipient of an honorary degree from the New
MexicoStateUniversity.She was featured on the news program
60 Minutes in 1986 which had a
follow-up called 60 Minutes II in
1999 and was also a regular guest on The
Tonight Showwith Johnny Carson.Other TV appearances have been on Nightwatch, The Charlie Rose Show, Live
from Lincoln Centre, Sesame Street
and the TV special Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Music of Bernstein,
Barber & Beethoven.She
has played at the White House, performed internationally with many
orchestras and performed with artists such as Joe Jackson, Mandy Patinkin,
Mark O'Connor and Anne-Marie McDermott.Her autobiography was written for
children and is named Nadja: On My
Way.
