Violinist John Fadial has appeared on four continents as chamber musician, soloist and pedagogue. His performances have been praised by the critics. “Sparkling Technique,” L’Est Republicain “Wow! Great Stuff,” The Washington Post. He has toured internationally for the US State Department as a United States Artistic Ambassador, and has served as Concertmaster of the North Carolina Opera, the Colorado Festival, Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra, the Menuhin Festival Orchestra of Saumur (France), the Heidelberg Schloss-Spiele (Germany), and the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra (eighteen seasons). In 2016 Fadial served as Visiting Guest Artist at the French National Conservatory of Nancy. He currently maintains a large and talented violin class at the University of Wyoming. Violinist John Fadial has appeared on four continents as chamber musician, soloist and pedagogue. His performances have been praised by the critics. “Sparkling Technique,” L’Est Republicain “Wow! Great Stuff,” The Washington Post. He has toured internationally for the US State Department as a United States Artistic Ambassador, and has served as Concertmaster of the North Carolina Opera, the Colorado Festival, Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra, the Menuhin Festival Orchestra of Saumur (France), the Heidelberg Schloss-Spiele (Germany), and the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra (eighteen seasons). In 2016 Fadial served as Visiting Guest Artist at the French National Co
nservatory of Nancy. He currently maintains a large and talented violin class at the University of Wyoming.
As a recording artist, he was a semifinalist for a Grammy for best Chamber Music Performance of 2007 for the CD Where Does Love Go: Chamber Music of Mark Engebretson on the Innova label. His disc of the Chamber Music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with English pianist Andrew Harley was deemed “not to be missed” by American Record Guide. Chamber Music of Jennifer Higdon, produced in collaboration with the Pulitzer Prize winning composer, was released on the Albany label in 2013; and in 2016 Fadial embarked on a recording project of string sextet repertoire with the Nancy-based (FR) Stanislas Sextet in celebration of their 20th season. Works to be released include world premier recordings of new works by Georges, Sauget and Fadial.
