Charlotte appeared most recently on Show 364 in Beaver Creek, CO on January 16, 2019

Charlotte Marckx (violin), 16, is a junior at Interlake High School in Bellevue, Washington. She studies with Simon James and Robert Lipsett. She was the Gold Medal and Bach Prize winner at the 2018 Stulberg International String Competition. She was a second prize-winner in the 2018 Johansen International Competition. Charlotte was a 2015 recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholar Award. She has previously performed on From the Top as a duo with her sister and appeared in From the Top’s video cover of “Shake it Off”. In her spare time, Charlotte has written a novel.

Charlotte Marckx also performed solo and with her sister Olivia Marckx on Show 297, recorded in Storrs, CT, on November 1, 2014.

2015 bio:

Charlotte Marckx (violin), 13, is from Bellevue, Washington, where she studies violin with Simon James and Jan Coleman. This past March, Charlotte was the youngest competitor at the 2015 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, and one of four violinists that advanced to the final round. Charlotte won the 2014 Seattle Young Artists Music Festival, and is a four-time first-place winner of the Seattle Music Teachers Simon Fiset Competition. She has soloed with the Seattle Festival and Seattle Philharmonia Northwest Orchestras, and been featured on both NPR’s From the Top and KING FM’s Northwest Focus Live. She is currently a finalist in the 2015 KING FM Young Artists Awards. Charlotte also loves to fiddle, performing alongside her sister in their duo Sempre Sisters. Outside of music, Charlotte enjoys writing stories.

Kevin performs on Show 399, recorded at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles, California. He previously performed on Show 341 from Los Angeles, California in 2017, as well as on Show 304, recorded in Wellesley, MA, on March 26, 2015.

Program bio from Show 341:

Kevin Miura (violin), 14, is in eighth grade at Sierra Vista Middle School in Irvine, California and studies with Danielle Belen at the Colburn Music Academy. His most memorable musical experiences were at the Menuhin International Violin Competition in London in 2016, where he won second place, the audience award, and an award for outstanding potential that resulted in a loan of a golden period Stradivarius. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys watching backyard birds.

Program bio from Show 304:

Kevin Miura (violin), 12, is from Irvine, California, where he attends Santiago Hills Elementary. He studies with Danielle Belen at the Colburn School. Kevin won a Gold Medal from the American Association for Development of the Gifted and Talented (AADGT), and performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as a part of this award. He has attended the Center Stage Strings Summer Camp. Outside of music, Kevin enjoys solving Rubik’s Cubes, building Legos, reading, and playing handball.

Dylan performed on Show 307, recorded in Boston, MA, on June 28, 2015, at age 11.

Show 307 bio:

Dylan Wu, 10, cello, hails from Manhasset, New York, and has been playing the cello for 6 years. Dylan has garnered several top accolades, including being named an Award Winner in the 8^th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow, Russia, as well as being named Grand Prize winner in the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, among others. He attends the Juilliard School Precollege under the direction of Minhye Clara Kim. Asides from music, he enjoys playing chess, reading, playing tennis and playing golf.

Time for Three performed on Show 346 in Boston, MA on October 1, 2017.

Time for Three – violinist Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violinist and From the Top alum Charles Yang, and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer – is a group that defies any traditional genre classification, happily and infectiously. With an uncommon mix of virtuosity and showmanship, the American trio performs music from Bach to Brahms and beyond, giving world-premieres by Pulitzer Prize-winners William Bolcom and Jennifer Higdon as well as playing originals and their own arrangements of everything from bluegrass and folk tunes to ingenious mash-ups of hits by the Beatles,  Kanye West, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and more.