Sunday Serenades: Ren Martin-Doike
Don't miss Sunday Serenades at PAFA–a concert series featuring three solo performances by renowned Philadelphia Orchestra musicians: Willa Finck (June 23), Bob Cafaro (June 30), and Ren Martin-Doike (July 7). Stroll through our current exhibition, Artists As Cultivators, accompanied by beautiful music in the galleries of the Historic Landmark Building.
Ren Martin-Doike, a versatile performer on a mission to share music with diverse audiences around the world, will play unaccompanied Cello Suites by Johann Sebastian Bach on viola.
Sunday Serenades is free with admission. Learn more about the other Sunday Serenades artists Willa Finck and Bob Cafaro.
Hailing from Honolulu, Ren Martin-Doike has performed throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas as a soloist and member of a diverse range of ensembles including The Philadelphia Orchestra, Duo RenJi, and the Rietveld Jazz Quintet. Often heard on the radio, Ms. Martin-Doike has performed for broadcasts on National Public Radio (NPR), Radio France, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), as well as RTHK television in Hong Kong. More recently, she appeared in Death in Montmartre, an RTHK film production for which she also recorded original arrangements.
Named a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar and Artist in Residence at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris, Ms. Martin-Doike is also the recipient of the Fontys prize from the Rubinstein International Viola Competition in Germany. Ms. Martin-Doike is also an award winning chamber musician, taking home First Prize in the string quartet division at the Fondation Maurice Ravel Competition and the Prix de musique de chambre at the Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleau (France).
Ms. Martin-Doike has enjoyed musical collaborations with Hilary Hahn and Joshua Bell, as well as members of the Johannes and Dover String Quartets, among others. Ms. Martin-Doike performs regularly with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and has also served as principal viola of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, New York String Orchestra, and Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (Japan). As principal viola of the Curtis 20/21 Chamber Orchestra, she toured with Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo as a part of their Two x Four Project, which resulted in a Grammy Award nominated album on the Cedille label.
Notable recent performances include solo recitals at the Festival des Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad (Switzerland) and Fondation des États-Unis (France), Bravo! Vail Festival (Colorado) residency with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the premier of Archipelago for solo viola by John B Hedges, specially commissioned for her by the Curtis Institute of Music in honor of Laura and Kenneth Mitchell. A Bang on a Can summer music festival alumna, Ms. Martin-Doike has also premiered numerous other works, including Toccatina à la Turk by Atar Arad, Unusta IV by Riho Esko Maimets, and Prisoner of the White Lines by Gabriella Smith.
A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Ms. Martin-Doike earned her master’s degree from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, receiving a unanimous first prize from the jury, along with top honors for her thesis and world premier recording “Sonate pour deux altos d’Alain Louvier: Analyse, poétique, et guide pour l’interprète”.