Gabrielle Monachino
Gabrielle Monachino is a third-year Violin Fellow at the New World Symphony. Originally from Rochester, New York, she completed her undergraduate studies at the Eastman School of Music with Charles Castleman. She completed her graduate work at Carnegie Mellon University, where she served as Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Erie Symphony. In 2019 she was chosen to participate in the Concertmaster Track at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Alexander Barantschik, Concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony.
Gabrielle has previously performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and held principal positions at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Miami Music Festival and Prague Summer Nights Festival.
As a soloist, Gabrielle has performed in esteemed venues such as the White House, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Dicapo Opera Theatre. She won second prize at the American Fine Arts Festival, and was a semi-finalist in the LISMA International Music Competition. As a teacher, she has held positions at the Eastern Music School and Noel Pointer Foundation, and also maintains a private studio.
Gabrielle has collaborated in performance with Sarah Chang, Itzhak Perlman and Walter Seyfarth of the Berlin Philharmonic. Recent performance engagements include recordings with Broadway for Racial Justice and commercial recordings with Jon Batiste.
Gabrielle is very grateful for her musical opportunities. Her most impactful teachers and mentors include William van der Sloot, Ian Swensen and Catherin van Hoesen.