Teen violinist Stephen Waarts offers imaginative take on classics in local debut

Stephen Waarts, an 18-year-old violinist studying at Curtis, gave an outstanding local debut Tuesday at the Terrace Theater. In a fine program of Beethoven, Bartok, Ravel, and Waxman -- difficult music, in a range of styles and impeccably rendered -- Waarts showed an uncommon, preternatural sense of tonal color and lyrical beauty on the instrument.