Scheid, Edson

Edson Scheid

Edson Scheid has been praised for his “polished playing” (The Strad), for being a "virtuoso violinist" (The Boston Globe) and a “violin virtuoso extraordinaire” (Fanfare Magazine). His performance of Strauss’s song Morgen at Carnegie Hall alongside Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d'Oro was described as follows: “The concertmaster, Edson Scheid, proved a worthy foil as violin soloist” (The New York Times). He has been featured live in-studio on In Tune from BBC Radio 3, and his recording of Paganini’s 24 Caprices on the baroque violin for the Naxos label has been critically acclaimed: “Far from being mere virtuoso stunts, Scheid’s Caprices abound in the beauty and revolutionary spirit of these works” (Fanfare Magazine). Edson Scheid is a two-time winner of the Historical Performance Concerto Competition at The Juilliard School, a recipient of the Broadus Erle Prize at the Yale School of Music, and holds a BA degree from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg.