AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
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American Prize in Music Performance, Strings
Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing Arts
Corpus Christi International Competition
Artistic Ambassador, U.S. Department of State
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EDUCATION
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D.M.A., The Juilliard School
M.M., The Juilliard School
B.A., Harvard University
Lauded by the New York Times for her "rich tone" and "virtuosic panache," violinist Francesca Anderegg has built a career at the intersection of interpretive elegance and fearless artistic inquiry. Now based in Boston, she brings to the city's vibrant musical community a deep commitment to contemporary music and a distinctive curatorial voice.
Since her Carnegie Hall debut in 2008, Anderegg has appeared to rave reviews in national and international venues, including Brooklyn's National Sawdust, the Arts Club of Washington, and the National Museum of Colombia in Bogotá. Her performances have been praised for their "astonishing assurance" (Chicago Sun-Times) and "taste, mastery, sensuality" (The Arts Journal). As a soloist she has performed with orchestras across the United States, Costa Rica, and Brazil — including the Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro in Brasília and the Municipal Orchestra of Campinas — in repertoire ranging from Mozart and Prokofiev to Guarnieri and Coleridge-Taylor.
The search for unusual repertoire has made Anderegg a fierce advocate for new music. Since 2007, when she made her New York concerto debut performing Ligeti's Violin Concerto with the Juilliard Orchestra, she has championed works by 20th-century and living composers — performing Pierre Boulez's compositions under the composer's direction at the Lucerne Festival, and premiering Daniel Schnyder's jazz-influenced Violin Concerto with Orchestra for the Next Century. In 2019, she gave the world premiere of a violin concerto written for her by composer Reinaldo Moya, with conductor Gemma New. She recently joined Khemia Ensemble, a nationally touring contemporary chamber ensemble recognized by Chamber Music America as "bold, visionary, and courageous."
Anderegg's four recordings trace a wide artistic arc: from the Viennese tradition paired with American modernism on her debut album, to Wild Cities (New Focus Recordings), a survey of young American composers. Images of Brazil was called "the most delightful disc of Brazilian chamber music to come along in years" (Fanfare Magazine), and her most recent release, Navigator of Silences, was called "an intoxicating collection…filled with a deep sense of yearning" by CBC Music. Across these recordings, her playing has been praised for its "stunning virtuosity" (Fanfare Magazine), "lustrous tone" (The Strad), and "riveting" listening experience (Second Inversion).
In Boston, Anderegg has quickly established herself as a versatile presence across the region's musical landscape. She has performed regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and recently won a position with the Rhode Island Philharmonic. She appeared on the Wellesley College Concert Series in 2024 and was recognized with an Individual Artist Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2025.
Anderegg holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and Master's and Doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School, where her teachers included Robert Mann, Ronald Copes, and Naoko Tanaka. She is a laureate of the Corpus Christi International Competition, a prizewinner of the American Prize in Strings (Professional Division), and a recipient of fellowships from the McKnight Foundation and the Leonore Annenberg Fund. She served as Associate Professor of Music at St. Olaf College and has taught at the Sarasota Music Festival, Interlochen Arts Camp, and Brevard Music Center.