Colin's profile
Hailed by the Baltimore Sun as "an extraordinary musical talent", violinist Colin Sorgi has embarked on an international career. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Colin holds degrees from both the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and Indiana University studying with renowned musicians Herbert Greenberg and Jaime Laredo. Colin made his professional solo debut in 2012 at the Aspen Music Festival and has since been heard as soloist and in recital on the stages of Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Chicago Cultural Center, Canada's National Arts Centre, and at the 2012 Naumburg International Violin Competition, among others.
Colin is deeply devoted to the performance of contemporary music and is the Founder, Artistic Director and violinist of Baltimore’s SONAR new music ensemble, a group of graduates from the Peabody Conservatory which has presented some of the most important music of our time as well as over 40 premieres of composers throughout the world. In 2014, Baltimore City Paper named the SONAR new music ensemble "Best Classical Group". Colin was the violinist for the prestigious Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music Festival and was also a participant at the Lucerne Festival Academy under Pierre Boulez. He was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in a special workshop led by composer John Adams and conductor David Robertson. Colin's first commercial recording was released in October 2012 on the IUmusic label for the Latin American Music Center and featured premiere recordings of works by living Latin American composers.
A strong advocate of community engagement and arts education, Colin spends much of his time working with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program - a music outreach program in West Baltimore and the country’s largest El Sistema program.
Colin has had the privilege of collaborating with some of the world’s most influential musicians in both chamber music and orchestral settings including Leon Fleisher, Pinchas Zuckerman, Jorja Fleezanis, Atar Arad, Steven Dann, Levon Chillingirian, Eric Kim, Joshua Bell and Peter Sheppard-Skaerved.
Colin is also in high demand as an orchestral musician and is the Concertmaster of the National Philharmonic at the Strathmore Music Center. Other appearances include Guest Concertmaster with the Amarillo Symphony, Hopkins Symphony and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra as well as regular performances with Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra including their recent two week tour of the United Kingdom . In the summer of 2015, Colin returns to the stage in Europe as the newly appointed Concertmaster of the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra under conductors Pierre Boulez, Matthias Pintscher and Pablo Heras-Casado.
Colin has called Baltimore, Maryland home for five years now where he lives with his wife, violist and teacher Jaclyn Dorr and their cat and dog, Giuseppe and Vincenzo.
Colin is deeply devoted to the performance of contemporary music and is the Founder, Artistic Director and violinist of Baltimore’s SONAR new music ensemble, a group of graduates from the Peabody Conservatory which has presented some of the most important music of our time as well as over 40 premieres of composers throughout the world. In 2014, Baltimore City Paper named the SONAR new music ensemble "Best Classical Group". Colin was the violinist for the prestigious Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music Festival and was also a participant at the Lucerne Festival Academy under Pierre Boulez. He was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in a special workshop led by composer John Adams and conductor David Robertson. Colin's first commercial recording was released in October 2012 on the IUmusic label for the Latin American Music Center and featured premiere recordings of works by living Latin American composers.
A strong advocate of community engagement and arts education, Colin spends much of his time working with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program - a music outreach program in West Baltimore and the country’s largest El Sistema program.
Colin has had the privilege of collaborating with some of the world’s most influential musicians in both chamber music and orchestral settings including Leon Fleisher, Pinchas Zuckerman, Jorja Fleezanis, Atar Arad, Steven Dann, Levon Chillingirian, Eric Kim, Joshua Bell and Peter Sheppard-Skaerved.
Colin is also in high demand as an orchestral musician and is the Concertmaster of the National Philharmonic at the Strathmore Music Center. Other appearances include Guest Concertmaster with the Amarillo Symphony, Hopkins Symphony and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra as well as regular performances with Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra including their recent two week tour of the United Kingdom . In the summer of 2015, Colin returns to the stage in Europe as the newly appointed Concertmaster of the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra under conductors Pierre Boulez, Matthias Pintscher and Pablo Heras-Casado.
Colin has called Baltimore, Maryland home for five years now where he lives with his wife, violist and teacher Jaclyn Dorr and their cat and dog, Giuseppe and Vincenzo.
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