Stephen Waarts

Violinist Stephen Waarts has captivated audiences worldwide with his innate musicality and poetic voice.

In the 2024/25 season, Waarts will make debuts with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the Oregon Symphony with Hannu Lintu performing Barber, Orchestre de Picardie under Johanna Malangré performing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, and the Israel Camerata with Marc Minkowski performing works by Bach and Mozart. He also returns to the Hallé Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and Szczecin Philharmonic, collaborating with Thomas Adès, Markus Poschner, and Sir András Schiff.

Recent highlights include performances with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Berner Symphonieorchester, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Fort Worth Symphony, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, under conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Sir András Schiff, Marin Alsop, Constantinos Carydis, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Dalia Stasevska, Robert Spano, Maxime Pascal, Markus Stenz, and Elim Chan