Biography
Raum began playing professionally at age 12.[1] She took first place at the 1992 Joseph Szigeti International Violin Competition in Budapest as well as the award for best interpretation of a Mozart concerto.[1][2]
Raum is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where she studied with Lorand Fenyves and was awarded the Eaton Scholarship upon her graduation.[3][4] She was also a recipient of the Canada Council Career Development Grant.[5]
She has performed in Hungary, Portugal, Austria, Germany, England, Italy, and France.[1] She has appeared as a guest with the Budapest Radio Orchestra, the Szombathely Symphony Orchestra, the Austro-Hungarian Orchestra, and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.[1][2]
Both a recitalist and chamber musician, Raum also performs frequently in Canada, including at Ottawa Chamberfest and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.[6][7] She has also performed at the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival.[8][2] In 2003, she and pianist Lydia Wong gave the North American premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki's Violin Sonata No. 2 in Toronto.[9]
In 1993 composer Elizabeth Raum, her mother, wrote a violin concerto for her entitled Faces of Woman. The work was commissioned by the Regina Symphony Orchestra. Erika Raum's sister, Jessica Raum, produced and directed a documentary of the event, Like Mother, Like Daughter.[10][11]
Raum and pianist Anton Kuerti recorded Carl Czerny's piano and violin works in 2002 on Musica Viva of CBC Records.[12] Raum has released several recordings on the Arktos label, including a CD of the Brahms Horn Trio with David Hoyt and Janet Scott Hoyt and the premiere of Pantheon by Elizabeth Raum.[13]
Raum is on the faculties of the The Glenn Gould School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.[14][1][15] She has also been on the summer faculty of the Banff Centre for the Arts.[16]
