{"id":14,"date":"2014-12-19T00:02:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2021-09-16T13:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:51:46","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulgarian-born violinist Nadia Lesinska has garnered an exceptional career spanning continents and genres. As a specialist in baroque violin technique, Nadia performs throughout the country, and is a regular guest with\u00a0Ars Lyrica Houston, Austin Baroque, Bach Society Houston, Houston Baroque, Mercury Baroque, and Viols of Houston. Nadia recently earned second prize in the Boulder Bach Festival\u2019s World Bach Competition and has since performed as a guest artist with the ensemble. She can be heard on six recordings, including Handel\u2019s\u00a0<em>Op.6 Concerti Grossi<\/em>, Vivaldi\u2019s\u00a0<em>L\u2019Estro Armonico<\/em>, and Rameau\u2019s\u00a0<em>Les Indes Galantes<\/em>\u00a0with Mercury Baroque, Colonna\u2019s\u00a0<em>Psalmi ad Vesperas<\/em>\u00a0with the Houston Chamber Choir, Ars Lyrica\u2019s GRAMMY-nominated recording of Hasse\u2019s\u00a0<em>Marc Antonio e Cleopatra, <\/em><em>as well as\u00a0Houston Baroque&#8217;s<\/em><em> My Soul\u00a0Sees and Hears. <\/em>As a modern violinist, Nadia\u2019s credits include the Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, Los Angeles Pops Orchestra, and San Juan Capistrano Symphony. An active recitalist and chamber musician, Nadia can be heard throughout the year in her own concert series and as a collaborator with many of Houston\u2019s top musicians. In addition to classical music, Nadia also enjoys performing as a jazz violinist. A graduate of Chapman University, Nadia\u2019s teachers included Paul Manaster and Todor Pelev. She received her period performance training from Oberlin\u2019s Baroque Performance Institute and from studies with Jann Cosart, Marc Destrube, Marilyn McDonald, and Cynthia Roberts. Nadia resides in Houston with her husband Jordan and her 4-year-old son Michael.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulgarian-born violinist Nadia Lesinska has garnered an exceptional career spanning continents and genres. As a specialist in baroque violin technique, Nadia performs throughout the country, and is a regular guest with\u00a0Ars Lyrica Houston, Austin Baroque, Bach Society Houston, Houston Baroque, Mercury Baroque, and Viols of Houston. Nadia recently earned second prize in the Boulder Bach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5uvra-e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/979"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nadialesinska.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}