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...
Guillaume Tardif, Violin

Guillaume Tardif, Violin

Guillaume Tardif, violinist, is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and leader of the Enterprise String Quartet. He gained a Doctor of Musical Arts at Eastman School of Music, and has since appeared as soloist and guest teacher in Canada, the United...
Yehudi Menuhin, Violin

Yehudi Menuhin, Violin

Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) came to international renown with his performance of the Mendelssohn Concerto at age seven, and at fourteen made a now-legendary recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto. He went on to have one of the most distinguished and varied musical...
Olga Kaler, Violin

Olga Kaler, Violin

Olga Kaler is a violin soloist, chamber musician, and faculty member at Chicago’s DePaul School of Music. She has a degree from the Moscow State Conservatory, and is currently taking her doctorate at Northwestern University. Kaler won the Special Prize at the 1990...
Csaba Erdélyi, Viola

Csaba Erdélyi, Viola

Csaba Erdélyi is the only violist ever to win the Carl Flesch Violin Competition (1972). He was solo violist on the soundtrack of Amadeus; he has recorded the Bartok concerto with the New Zealand Symphony. Born in Budapest, Erdélyi’s teachers include Yehudi...
Caitlyn Boyle, Viola

Caitlyn Boyle, Viola

Caitlin Boyle is violist with the Cecilia String Quartet, First Prize winner at the 2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition. Boyle has a Masters of Music from San Diego State University and a Graduate Diploma from McGill. She is currently enrolled in the...