The Musicians
Aurelia Duca (Violin)
Member of the JSO: Since 2006
Hometown: Chisinau, Moldova
Education: Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Rostock, Germany; Conservatorio di l' Aquila, Italy; Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy.
Why the violin?: "My father is a trumpet player and my mother was a dancer. My mother always wanted to be a violinist and never had the opportunity to be one, so she started me on the violin when I was seven."