Andy Zaplatynsky, Violin

Andy Zaplatynsky, Violin

Andy Zaplatynsky, leader of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra since 1981, was a student of Josef Gingold and Ivan Galamian. While assistant concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony, he was coached in many of the solos by Mischa Mischakoff. Since 2005, Zaplatynsky has had...
Nicholas Crosa, Violin

Nicholas Crosa, Violin

Nicholas Crosa won the gold medal at the 1998 Stulberg International String Competition and was first prize winner in the 1997 Nakamichi Foundation Paganini violin concerto competition. A student of Carol Sindell in Portland, Oregon, and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard...
Kam-Lung Cheng, Violin

Kam-Lung Cheng, Violin

Kam-Lung Cheng’s solo appearances include the Tchaikovsky concerto for Dutch Television, and the Beethovan and Brahms with the Philharmonia Moldova, with whom he recorded the Brahms. Born in Beijing China, Cheng began violin lessons with his father when playing...
Alfonso Lopez, Violin

Alfonso Lopez, Violin

Alfonso Lopez, violinist, composer, & conductor, is concertmaster of the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra (OSV), Professor of Violin at the Emil Friedman School, and founding member of the Friedman String Quartet. His orchestral work, Caribe Pirana, was premiered in...
Tanya Kalmanovitch, Viola

Tanya Kalmanovitch, Viola

Tanya Kalmanovitch, Jazz violist and violinist, has been named “Best New Talent” by All About Jazz. Her 2007 recording “Heart Mountain” won the prestigious Choc award from French magazine Jazzman. Kalmanovitch teaches at the New England Conservatory, the...