Megan Martono

Set-List

VIOLIN/PIANO CLASSICAL: SLOW/ROMANTIC
Air on the G String, J.S. Bach
Ave Maria, F. Schubert
Canon in D, J. Pachelbel
Clair de Lune, C. Debussy
Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, F. Chopin
Romance for violin and piano, A. Beach
Romance for violin and piano, C. Schumann
Romanza Andaluza, P. Sarasate
Salut d’Amour, E. Elgar
Schindler’s List, J. Williams
Thais Meditation, J. Massenet
The Swan, C. Saint Saens
Valse Triste, F. Vecsey
VIOLIN/PIANO CLASSICAL: LIGHTHEARTED AND QUICK
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, W. Mozart
Humoresque, A. Dvorak
Spring, A. Vivaldi
VIOLIN/PIANO CLASSICAL: VIR ... TUOSIC SHOWPIECES
Carmen Fantasy, P. Sarasate
Czardas, V. Monti
Faust Fantasy, H. Wieniawski
Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, L. Beethoven
Zigunerweisen, P. Sarasate
CLASSICAL SOLO: QUICK SHOWPIECES
Caprice no. 10 in G minor, N. Paganini
Caprice no. 16, N. Paganini
Caprice no. 21, N. Paganini
Louisiana Blues Strut, C. Perkinson
Sonata no. 3, E. Ysaye
Sonata no. 4, E. Ysaye
CLASSICAL SOLO: SLOW PIECES
Partita no. 3 in E Major, J.S. Bach
Sonata no. 1 in G minor, J.S. Bach
Sonata no. 2 in A minor, J.S. Bach
STRING TRIO, QUARTET, ETC.
Can play anything by request
ORCHESTRA
Can play anything by request
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Biography

Armed with a lifelong mission to promote the beauty of classical music on an unprecedented scale, Megan Martono is celebrated for her passion and versatility as a prizewinning violinist, leader, and pioneer of the arts. Ms. Martono has already begun popularizing the genre within her community through performing a series of concerts for over 16,000 audience members as a soloist with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra at age 16 before returning for a second consecutive year to perform a series of eight concerts featuring the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with PSO. In 2019, she brought her love for vio ... lin into international venues, performing in the Royal Albert Hall and the Philharmonie de Paris. Other notable venues include the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and the St. Petersburg Glinka Capella Hall.
Ms. Martono is working towards her Bachelor of Music as a scholarship recipient at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University under the tutelage of Paul Kantor, who continues the pedagogical lineage of Dorothy Delay. During her time at Rice University, she became one of the first music majors in the history of the university to develop and teach a college-level course detailing the transformative benefits of music on the brain and accessible to every student regardless of their major. Ms. Martono also founded and directed multiple programs related to arts awareness, including the development of the Music Affiliate Program, serving to bridge the gap between music majors and the rest of the student population while highlighting their importance as artist citizens within the territory of a STEM-dominated campus. While living in Houston, Ms. Martono performed a series of free concerts in collaboration with “The Concert Truck” to underprivileged communities within the greater Houston area.
Ms. Martono continued spreading classical music advocacy during her time at the Aspen Music Festival and School where she served as a full scholarship recipient, the principal of the Aspen Conducting Academy, and an official student ambassador in the summer of 2023.
As a leader within the orchestral community, Ms. Martono previously served as Concertmaster of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, Concertmaster of the Aliso Niguel Chamber Orchestra, Principal at the Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster of Capistrano Unified School District’s Honor Orchestra, and Concertmaster of the Classical to Rock Orchestra. Ms. Martono is also a prizewinner for numerous festivals and competitions such as the Bellflower Concerto Competition, the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, the Southern California Philharmonic Concerto Competition, the Satori String Competition, and more. Ms. Martono was invited to perform as a soloist with the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Bellflower Symphony Orchestra in May of 2020 and was scheduled to perform as concertmaster of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra in a concert tour to Vienna and Prague during the summer of 2020.
Before attending Rice University, Ms. Martono attended the Orange County School of the Arts and Chamber Music | OC’s Pre-College Program, where she was a full scholarship recipient from 2017-2020. Ms. Martono has appeared in masterclasses with artists including Augustin Hadelich, Robert McDonald, Julian Martin, Peter Zazofsky, Richard O'Neill, Rachel Barton Pine, and Timothy Chooi. Other notable mentors and coaches include Naoko Tanaka, Cho Liang Lin, Masao Kawasaki, Jeanne Fischer, Norman Fischer, Iryna Krechkovsky, and Kevin Kwan Loucks.
Ms. Martono currently plays on a violin by Ole H. Bryant made in Boston circa 1922. Read More

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I can still vividly recall the first time I fell in love. My living room TV happened to be broadcasting a performance by the LA Philharmonic and my five-year-old self glanced over, knowing little about music despite my limited knowledge as a novel pianist. Nonetheless, time stood still for a moment. I became hypnotized by the solo violinist standing centerstage and was instantly enamored by the decadence of her tone, blending seamlessly into a bed of orchestral harmony. Even through the barriers of a television screen, this performance changed the entire trajectory of my life. This was the mom ... ent I fell in love with classical music, and unbeknownst to my five-year-old self, this was the exact moment my true calling as an artist citizen emerged.
My newfound devotion to becoming a solo violinist engulfed my elementary years with endless hours of joyous practice and discovery, fueled by a desire to perform at technical mastery to gift others the sense of euphoria I felt as a listener. My urgency to spread the beauty of classical music at a young age gave me the wings to fly beyond my art school and into the international concert halls of the UK, France, Taiwan, and Russia, but my experiences uncovered a concern as I began to notice the remarkably low number of classical music enthusiasts around the world. Thus, my quest for musical advocacy began to sprout.
At sixteen, my mission for advocacy was impacted once more thanks to the bravery of a young man within a sea of 16,000 audience members who attended my debut solo performance with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Following the concert, he approached me and confessed that my performance gave him the gift of solace, something he hadn’t felt in a while during his battle with depression. His words struck a deep-rooted chord within my heart and opened my eyes to the extent of my potential as an artist, inspiring me to evolve my mission into a more meaningful quest to advocate the power of classical music as a tool to aid in the global crisis of mental health.
It was during my first semester at Rice University that the sheer impact of mental health became exceedingly prevalent in my own life. The abundance of STEM majors at Rice led the university to cater its orientation week towards the majority, leaving music students like myself to navigate the transition into our new lives on our own. My feelings of isolation and imposter syndrome propelled a greater dedication to aid myself and my peers through the healing gift of classical music. With countless hours of mindful self-discovery and research within the walls of my practice room, I was eager to share my revelations through the development of my own course. As a result, I became one of the first music majors in the history of Rice University to create and teach a college-level course detailing the transformative benefits of music on the brain and accessible to every student regardless of their major.
I was also fueled with a fresh determination to prevent incoming music majors from experiencing the isolation I felt as a freshman, inspiring me to create and launch the Rice Music Affiliate Program serving to bridge the gap between music majors and the rest of the student population while highlighting their importance as artist citizens within the territory of a STEM-dominated campus. With the help of this new program, incoming musicians are now equipped with a plethora of resources to aid in their transition into Rice, including connections to communities around campus within and outside of their major and a personalized Orientation Week schedule with a flexible schedule to fit their practicing needs.
Witnessing the impact of my projects at Rice fueled my confidence to extend my mission to socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in Houston. The audience in the spaces of outer Houston differed vastly from the halls of my past, one filled with students who had just begun to settle into life in America. Nevertheless, their eagerness was palpable, transporting me to the first moment I came across classical music. When a group of students came up to me, excitedly expressing that this was their first concert and wanting to learn an instrument themselves, I was moved to tears and felt more driven than ever to expand my mission to an exponentially larger scale.
As I now begin to transition into the realm of my graduate studies, I discovered a new guiding force through former Juilliard president Joseph Polisi and his revolutionary work, The Artist as Citizen. The pinnacle of his speeches at Juilliard emphasized that every artist must dedicate their professional agendas to becoming strong advocates of the arts, which perfectly echoes my holistic mission as a violinist. To me, an artist citizen not only carries the responsibility of sharing their art with extensive communities but, more crucially, possesses the power to pioneer their artistic gifts well beyond their initial intent. By trailblazing the infinite qualities of art into the limelight of today’s ever-changing society, artists can facilitate unprecedented impact upon the world. Between Polisi’s revolutionary vision and my own dreams to transform classical music into a global agent that combats symptoms of mental health, I have now realized my calling as an artist citizen to carry Polisi’s legacy and my own into the hearts of my community and beyond.
I know there exists a future where classical music can be easily accessed by audiences and artists regardless of background, a future where young people all over the world understand and benefit through its beauty, and a future where all my dreams as an artist citizen come true. Read More