Dylana Jenson (born May 14, 1961,[1] in Los Angeles, California[2]) is an American concert violinist and violin teacher.
She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her husband, conductor and cellist David Lockington.
[7] At age eleven, she performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with Thomas Schippers conducting.
[5] On January 17, 1973 Jenson played Wieniawski's Polonaise de Concert, Op.
[5][8] Jenson made her Carnegie Hall concert debut on December 9, 1980, playing the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Ormandy.
[9][10][11] In 1981, she recorded the Sibelius Violin Concerto and Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra for RCA Red Seal.
[15][8] Yo-Yo Ma referred her to Samuel Zygmuntowicz, a contemporary luthier in Brooklyn who made sound-alike copies of antique Stradivarius and Guarneri violins for violinists such as Isaac Stern and Joshua Bell.
[19] Jenson often performs with the Grand Rapids Symphony under the direction of her husband, David Lockington.
She has toured of Australia and Japan and was made an honorary citizen of Costa Rica at the age of 12 for her contributions in music.