Aisslinn Nosky

Canada based violinist. Concertmaster of The Handel & Haydn Society Of Boston. Hailed as ”a fearsomely powerful musician” by The Toronto Star, Canadian-born violinist Aisslinn Nosky is in demand internationally as a soloist and director. Since 2011 she has served as Concertmaster of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Recent collaborations include the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Holland Baroque, the Calgary Philharmonic, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. In 2016 Aisslinn was named Principal Guest Conductor of the Niagara Symphony. As a member of I FURIOSI Baroque Ensemble, Aisslinn has helped bring an enthusiastic new audience to baroque music. Since 2001, I FURIOSI has presented its own flamboyant and inventive concert series in Toronto, and they have toured North America and Europe with engagements at Tage Alter Musik (Regensburg, Germany), the Galway Early Music Festival, the Lameque International Baroque Festival, the Mosel Musikfestival,the Indianapolis Early Music Festival, and the Montreal Baroque Festival. Ms. Nosky has recorded the complete Haydn violin concertos with the Handel and Haydn Society for the CORO label and her most recent recording of Mozart's G major violin concert will be released on the same label in January 2018. Aisslinn began playing violin at age three and received her early training at the Nanaimo Conservatory with Heilwig von Konigslow. At age eight, Aisslinn made her solo debut with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra. When she was 15, Nosky began studying in Toronto with Lorand Fenyves, at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School. Further studies included both solo and chamber music for several summers at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and chamber music at the Steans Music Institute of the Ravinia Festival as a member of the Metro String Quartet.