Stefani’s Faves: Lightning Round

Your desert-island violin concerto?
Brahms Violin Concerto

A repertoire piece that never gets old? 
Any repertoire from the Romantic period—Strauss, Brahms, etc. I can’t choose just one!

Your home-cooked meal du jour? 
I love to make homemade Hungarian goulash!

Favorite CSO memory (so far)?
Having the opportunity to perform as soloist for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 and concertmaster for Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in the same performance in 2019. This was my trial week as concertmaster, so it was nerve-racking but exhilarating at the same time.