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Fredell Lack
Fredell Lack is an American violinist. Noted as a concert soloist, recording artist, chamber musician, and teacher, she is currently the C. W. Moores Distinguished Professor of Violin at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. More »
Isidore Cohen
Isidore Cohen was a renowned chamber musician and violinist, as well as a former member of the Juilliard String Quartet and Beaux Arts Trio. Cohen began studying violin at age six, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan, although his intention was to become a doctor. His pre-med studies at Brooklyn College were interrupted by a stint in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II. From there on, his career focus changed as he decided he'd rather touch people's lives... More »
Michael Rabin (violinist)
Michael Rabin was an American violin virtuoso. He studied under Ivan Galamian at Juilliard, who regarded Rabin as having an extraordinary talent: "no weaknesses, never". He was a musician of excellent pedigree, with a New York Philharmonic violinist for a father and a Juilliard-trained and relatively successful pianist for a mother. He started his study with Galamian from a young age, and went on to appear with a number of American orchestras before his 1950 Carnegie Hall debut with Dmitri... More »
Felix Slatkin
Felix Slatkin was an American violinist and conductor. Slatkin was born in St. Louis, Missouri and began studying the violin at the age of nine with Isadore Grossman. He began working professionally at the age of ten and won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute, where he studied violin with Efrem Zimbalist and conducting with Fritz Reiner. At age 17 he joined the St. Louis Symphony and formed a chamber orchestra of young musicians. In 1935 he won a competition which included a solo... More »
Denise Rood
Denise Rood , violinist, has for 15 years been a member of Philharmonia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and is currently a member of the Santa Fe Opera. She has participated in numerous concert tours of Japan and North America, and dozens of recordings with EOS, Philharmonia Virtuosi, and the American Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. Rood was formerly a member of the Goldovsky Opera Company, performing in over 75 American cities. Her recording of Copland and Barber with the Atlantic Symphonietta was... More »
Joseph Fuchs
Joseph Fuchs was one of the most important American violinists and teachers of the 20th century, and the brother of Lillian Fuchs. Born in New York, he graduated in 1918 from the Institute of Musical Art in New York where he studied with Franz Kneisel. In 1926 he was appointed concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, but resigned in 1940 to pursue a solo career. After a successful New York dĂ©but in 1943, he became co-founder of the Musicians’ Guild, a chamber music organization which he... More »
Joel Kass
Joel Kass, born Howard Joel Kass, is a twentieth century orchestral composer, producer and writer who has written for MCA, Sony and the New Jersey Philharmonic. The direct descendent of Serge Koussevitzky and the Four Koussevitzky brothers, Joel is currently the CEO of Kass Media Group. This article evaluates his influence upon American orchestral composers and describes his own stylistic nuances including his creation of the Nacht_Der_Tanz. ---- More »
Matt Glaser
Matt Glaser is an American jazz and bluegrass violinist. He has served as the chair of the string department at the Berklee College of Music for more than twenty years. He holds an M.M. degree from Tufts University. He has performed at Carnegie Hall with Stephane Grappelli and Yo-Yo Ma, and at the Boston Globe Jazz Festival with Gunther Schuller. He has also performed with Bob Dylan, Ralph Stanley, Lee Konitz, David Grisman, Mark O'Connor, Andy Statman, Jamey Haddad, Jay Ungar, Bruce Molsky,... More »
Frank Huang
Frank Xin Huang is a Chinese-born American violinist. He has won several international music competitions, most notably the 2003 Naumburg Competition. Huang has concertized widely as a soloist, and his debut recording has been critically acclaimed. More »
Karen Dreyfus
Karen Dreyfus is world-renowned violist who currently teaches at the Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Dreyfus has distinguished herself as a recipient of many prizes, including the Naumburg Viola Competition , the Lionel Tertis Competition , the Washington International Competition , and the Hudson Valley Competition . Ms. Dreyfus has concertized extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America. Some of her musical collaborations have been with Musicians From Marlboro,... More »
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