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.

Olivia performed most recently on Show 314 in Orono, ME, recorded on October 25, 2015, at age 16. She also performed with her sister, Charlotte, as part of the Sempre Sisters duo, on Show 297, in Storrs, CT, recorded on November 1, 2014, at age 15.

2015 bio:

Olivia Marckx (cello), 16, is from Bellevue, Washington, and has been playing cello since she was nearly six, studying with her mother Leslie Marckx. She was recently one of 11 cellists from around the world chosen to participate in the 2015 Triennial Johansen International Competition for Young String Players held in Washington, DC, and has soloed with several orchestras, including the Seattle Symphony, Sammamish Symphony, Coeur d’Alene, Cascade Symphony, and Seattle Festival Orchestra. Olivia was the grand-prize winner of the 2013 KING FM Young Artists Awards and a featured performer with the Seattle Chamber Music Society. Her duo, Sempre Sisters, was featured on NPR’s From the Top, and her string quartet, Pike Street Quartet, won the coveted Haydn Prize and the bronze medal at the 2015 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. Olivia is fortunate to also work with Ray Davis, Meeka Quan diLorenzo, and Chuck Jacot. Outside of music, Olivia loves to read.