Christina Bouey

Christina Bouey, Canadian/American violinist, is hailed by the New York Times for playing “beautifully,” the New York Post, “When violinist Christina Bouey spun out that shimmering tune, I thought I died and went to heaven,” and by Opera News, for playing “with exquisite, quivering beauty.” Bouey most recently won 1st prize at the Waldo Mayo Violin Competition which resulted in her concerto debut at Carnegie Hall. Other prizes include the Grand Prize at the Vietnam International Chamber Competition, 1st Prize at the Schoenfeld International String Competition in the chamber division, Grand Prize at the Fischoff Competition, 1st place in the American Prize, and 2nd prize at the Osaka International Chamber Competition. Among her other top awards include the “Rooted to the Island Award” from Music PEI, Hugo Kortchak Award for outstanding achievement in chamber music, Heida Hermann International, Canadian National Music Festival, Queens Concerto Competition, and the Balsam Duo Competition. In addition, her ensemble, the Ulysses Quartet were Lisa Arnhold Fellows at the Juilliard School, serving as the School’s Graduate Resident String Quartet, from 2019-22 as well as Quartet-In-Residence at WGBH from 2023-25.

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Bouey made her solo debut in Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium playing Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Senior Concert Orchestra of NY in the fall of 2022 under the baton of Maestro David Gilbert. She has performed as soloist with the Sinfonia Toronto, Greenwich Symphony, Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Salina Symphony, River Cities Symphony, Symphony of the Mountains, Tonkünstler Ensemble, Metro Chamber Orchestra, Bergen Symphony, and the Prince Edward Island Symphony to name a few. Her solo and chamber highlights in the United States include Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Schneider Series, Rockefeller Tri Noon Series, Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, Merkin Concert Hall, National Gallery of Art in DC, Jordan Hall among others. Bouey has also been invited to perform internationally in the Esterházy Palace in Austria, Taiwan National Recital Hall, Harbin Grand Theatre, Beijing Modern Music Festival, Premiere Performances Hong Kong,Wigmore Hall, Fundacion Juan March in Madrid, Sociedad Filarmonica de Bilbao, Ciclo De Camara y Solistas in Salamanca, Sociedad Filarmonica de Vigo, Picasso Museum in Malaga, Vietnam Connection Music Festival, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall in Yokohama, Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy, Teatro Mayor Julio Santo Domingo in Bogota, Sala Nezahualcoyotl in Mexico City, Campos do Jordão Winter Festival in São Paulo, Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Montreal Chamber Festival and the Under The Spire Music Festival. 

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Bouey graduated from Manhattan School of Music (2013) with a Professional Studies Certificate in Orchestral Performance, studying with Glenn Dicterow and Lisa Kim as a full scholarship student, (2012) with a Professional Studies Certificate, studying with Laurie Smukler, and in 2011 she received a Master of Music, while studying with Nicholas Mann. Her Bachelor of Music (Magna cum laude) is from The Boston Conservatory; where she studied with Irina Muresanu as a full-scholarship student. As well as being a professional violinist, Bouey is also a coloratura soprano andcomposer. Bouey was recently appointed concertmaster of the Albany Symphony, is currently serving as concertmaster of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and is a member/founder of the Ulysses Quartet. In addition, Bouey serves as Assistant Professor of Violin at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, having previously held the same position at Ithaca College from 2022 to 2025. She plays a 1790 Storioni violin on generous loan from a private donor. To keep up to date with Bouey, you can follow her website www.christinabouey.com