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Jennifer's recording of the Stravinsky Violin Concerto with Robert Craft conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra was released in June to coincide with the 125th anniversary of Stravinsky's birth. The Concerto is paired with Craft's new recording of the Rite of Spring, also with the Philharmonia Orchestra. The disc is the latest addition to Craft's ongoing Stravinsky series on the Naxos label, and has already garnered rave reviews in the UK.

Click here to read reviews of the recording.

To find out more, go to www.naxos.com (catalogue # 8.557508 Stravinsky).

Jennifer's recording of Schoenberg's Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, with the Fred Sherry String Quartet and the Twentieth Century Ensemble conducted by Robert Craft, has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Classical Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra. Winners of the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be announced on February 8, 2006 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

For more information on the Grammy Awards, go to www.grammy.com.

Cambridge, MA

The Radcliffe Alumnae Recognition Awards Committee presented Jennifer with the 2005 Jane Rainie Opel '50 Young Alumna Award, given annually to an alumna in Harvard-Radcliffe's 10th reunion class for outstanding contributions to the advancement of women, to her profession, or to the Radcliffe Institute. Jennifer was chosen for "her remarkable talent and myriad honors in her field," according to the Committee.

Each year during reunion week Radcliffe recognizes the achievements of its alumnae by presenting awards at the annual Radcliffe Alumnae Awards Symposium,which was held this past year on Radcliffe Day, June 10, 2005. A panel of six woman, which included Jennifer and the recipients of other Radcliffe awards, presented their perspectives on the theme of the 2005 Symposium, "Discovering Different Truths: In search of Common Ground." Jennifer is a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Class of '95.

For more information about the Radcliffe Institute, go to www.radcliffe.edu.

Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Artek Recordings has just released the latest in a series of discs from Jennifer Frautschi. The recording is of both of Prokofiev’s violin concerti recorded with conductor Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony. Jennifer has “mesmerized crowds” with her “impassioned rendering” of Prokofiev throughout the country all season. This recording follows her critically acclaimed Solovision disc of music by Kreisler, Ysaÿe, Bartók, Davidovsky, and Harbison. [AR-0020-2]