Usdan Camp Earns Violin Scholarship Grant

A scholarship in the name of Isaac Stern, the violinist, educator, humanitarian, and savior of Carnegie Hall, will soon be presented to a violin student at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. The scholarship has been funded by a generous grant from the Linda and Isaac Stern Charitable Foundation. Usdan’s faculty will hold auditions throughout the spring in order to identify the winning student.

Dale Lewis, Executive Director of the Usdan Center, together with the Center’s Board of Trustees, recently announced the new scholarship: “We are thrilled to have this opportunity to award a scholarship in the name of Isaac Stern, and we are indebted to the Foundation’s Trustees, who have made it possible for one of our students to have a transformative summer of study in his honor. What a privilege it is to be entrusted with a scholarship in the name of this legendary artist. We look forward to announcing its winner this spring.”

Virtuoso violinist Isaac Stern was one of the twentieth century’s most renowned, beloved, and recorded musicians, as well as the teacher and mentor to many of today’s leading performers. Mr. Stern made his recital debut at the age of fifteen, and by the age of twenty-two he had performed at Carnegie Hall, the institution that he later saved and then served as President for thirty years. From the late 1940’s until his death in 2001, Isaac Stern toured on every continent, performing 200 concerts each year. Whether in personal interactions with students and friends, or in his role as an international cultural ambassador, Isaac Stern received scores of awards and honors around the world.

*Article courtesy of the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts.