Sunset ChamberFest is delighted to welcome violinist Geneva Lewis to the Festival. Geneva was born in Auckland, New Zealand but spent her formative years in LA. She is the recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2020 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition. Hear her on July 12 performing pieces by Harrison Garff and Brett Dean, and on July 18 performing Shostakovich’s Quintet. She tells us about her teachers, the special instrument she performs on at Sunset this year, and upcoming plans.

In 2019, I had the fortune of working with Brett Dean for the first time on his piece Recollections in an ensemble led by the violinist Anthony Marwood, who himself has a long association with the composer. As musical life re-emerges, one of the highlights is continuing on my journey of learning his music and working with the composer in the process.