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Eurythmy: Gabrielle Armenier Violin: Elena Hirsu Camera: Natt McFee Gabrielle Armenier, MA, is the founder and director of the American Eurythmy Company. Graduated from the eurythmy training in Spring Valley, NY (2012), she received her Bachelor in Pedagogical Eurythmy from Den Norske Eurytmihoyskole, Oslo (2013) and her Master’s in Pedagogical Eurythmy from the Freie Hochschule Stuttgart, Germany (2014). A member of the Eurythmy Spring Valley stage group, she is currently working on developing projects which integrate the movement art of Eurythmy in both professional and educational environments. Violinist Elena Hirsu Hirsu has performed as orchestral soloist and recitalist throughout the U.S., as well as in South Korea and New Zealand. She has won first prize in the E. Nakamichi Violin Competition, Heida Hermann's International String Competition, the Juilliard School Brahms Concerto Competition, Artists International Competition, and the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition. Hirsu has performed as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Canton Symphony, Palm Desert Symphony, Los Angeles Pops Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Kwa-Chon City Orchestra in Korea, and the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. Hirsu gave her New York solo recital debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in March 2005. Elena has served as Concertmaster with the Canton Symphony, the Erie Philharmonic, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and the Aspen Chamber Symphony.
