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...
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...
Elmar Oliveira, Violin

Elmar Oliveira, Violin

Elmar Oliveira, renowned soloist and recording artist, won a gold medal at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition in 1978 – and remains the only American to have done so. He began violin at age nine with his brother John, then studied with Ariana...
Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, Violin

Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, Violin

Sarah Crocker Vonsattel has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2008, following tenures in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony. A founding member of the Verklärte Quartet (Grand Prize winners at the 2003 Fischoff Competition),...
Erick Friedman, Violin

Erick Friedman, Violin

Erick Friedman (1939–2004) was one of the 20th Century’s most distinguished violinists. He studied with Galamian, Nathan Milstein, and then after beginning his concert career, with Jascha Heifetz, with whom he recorded the Bach Double Concerto for RCA. In 2000...
Wayne Lee, Violin

Wayne Lee, Violin

Wayne Lee has since 2008 played more than a hundred concerts with the Manhattan Trio, which released its third album (Schumann and Chopin Trios) on the Marquis Classics label. He is also a member of the Formosa Quartet, First Prize and Amadeus Prize winners at the...