Saturday, September 22

Kim is an internationally acclaimed violin virtuoso and composer who has successfully transcended artistic boundaries. A free spirit blazing a melodic trail through the territories of classical, world, and multicultural music. Kim’s vision of a “Gypsy chamber music,” liberally flavored with passion, is exciting and inspirational. She has enthralled concert audiences from Ancud, Chile, to Alaska and over the seas to Asia with her dazzling virtuosity, romantic writing, and exuberant stage presence.

Kim Angelis majored in music at the University of California, Irvine, where she studied with the best violinists in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, including concertmaster Sidney Harth and Ivan Galamian protegee Lori Ulanova. She won every available scholarship, and was featured soloist with the UCI Symphony, performing major works by Vivaldi and Saint-Saens.

After graduating Magna Cum Laude, the violinist met and later married guitarist Josef Gault, who introduced her to World Music. “Josef really broadened my outlook,” she enthuses. "One hundred years ago music was confined to the areas in which it developed. But today, with modem recording and the internet, we are able to listen to music from every different culture. I like to collect the sonic images evoked, and write a new ‘Gypsy chamber music’.”

The music of Kim Angelis has been heard on Network TV, PBS, NPR, and in the award-winning documentary film, Saviors of the Forest.