Paganini - Introduction and variations on a theme from Rossini's 'Moses' (Dal tuo stellato soglio)

Jennifer Mak, violin
Jennifer is 17 years old.
She began studying piano with Aster Lai at the age of 4, and began playing the violin with Mr. Tak-Ng Lai at the age of 6.
Jennifer has won numerous awards, among them the Grace E. Lawson Senior Piano Trophy, Chopin Piano Award from Scarborough Lions Club, The Most Promising Violinist Award from Arts Richmond, 2nd place awards at the Canadian Music Competitions in the age 7 and 8 piano categories, as well as yearly piano and violin awards from Kiwanis, Peel, Yip's, Mandarin, and Scarborough Music Festivals.
She performed as a guest violinist for the Toronto Chinese Beauty Pageant in the year 2003. Jennifer has also performed at 2 different Grand Openings of the Yee Hong Seniors' Home. At age 9, she performed the Bach Violin
Concerto in E major with the Toronto Cultural Youth Orchestra.
At age 10, she performed the Kabalevsky Piano Concerto in D major, and at age 11, she played the Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, both with the Canadian Sinfonietta Orchestra. In June of 2006, she played Summer from Vivaldi's Four Seasons with the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.
In June of 2007, Jennifer was a provincial finalist in the strings diploma level at the Ontario Music Festivals Association.
At the age of 10, Jennifer successflly passed and received her ARCT performer's diploma
her ARCT performer's piano practical exam at age 10
at the age of 13.
Currently, Jennifer is a grade 12 student in the arts program at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts.