Violin with Charlotte L.

Charlotte Loukola, 23, is a Finnish American violinist currently studying at the Juilliard School with professor Masao Kawasaki. She has her B.M in Violin Performance from both the Cleveland Institute of Music (studying with Professor Ilya Kaler) and from Sibelius Academy (studying with Professor Réka Szilvay). Charlotte has competed internationally winning violin competitions both in the US and in Europe. She is a musician deeply passionate about the connections she can create with other people through mutual interest in music. This is why she has found music festivals especially rewarding. She has attended Heifetz International Music Institute, Aspen Music Festival and School, Keshet Eilon International String Summer Masterclass and Saluzzo Opera Academy, to name a few. Charlotte is a versatile musician, having served as concertmaster and assistant concertmaster in several different orchestras, including the Saluzzo Opera Academy Orchestra, the Juilliard School Orchestra, and Protestra Orchestra. She is very passionate about chamber music, having won prizes with the ILO quaretet in several different competitions both nationally and internationally. She has also attended Juilliard School's Winter Chamberfest and Musica Mundi Chamber Music Festival to further her education in chamber music. Charlotte began her violin studies at the age of 3 using the Suzuki method. After her family moved back to Finland from the US when she was 7, she continued her musical studies at the pre-college department of Sibelius Academy under Professor Merit Palas throughout high school.