Kim Angelis

Kim Angelis entered the world in San Francisco as a violinist and composer whose reach extends across the United States and into the Far East. As a toddler she picked up popular melodies from television and radio entirely by ear and reproduced them on the piano without instruction. By age four her mother had introduced her to musical notation, well before the child could read any storybook. At ten she took up the violin and mastered it with unusual speed, soon delivering accomplished performances of works by Vivaldi, Mozart, and Saint-Saens. During those formative years her listening embraced rock bands such as U2 and Queen as well as the violin artistry of Isaac Stern and Jascha Heifetz. Traces of those influences surface in her recordings through touches of gypsy flavor, classical architecture, bluegrass swing, rock & roll drive, and folk delicacy. In high school she appeared as featured soloist with the school orchestra; after enrolling at the University of California she again held that role and earned multiple scholarships for her playing. Her first solo album, Violin Voyager, appeared in 1989, with Consider This, The Messenger, Esperanza, and Spirit of Adventure (issued in 2000 on Skysong Records) following in due course. Selections featured across these releases include “March of the Mad Maiden,” “Somewhere Down the Road,” “The Dancing Gypsy,” “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” and “Little Blackbird.”