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...
Almita Vamos, Violin

Almita Vamos, Violin

Almita Vamos and her husband Rolland Vamos have together taught many prominent soloists, members of world-renowned ensembles, and laureates of top international competitions. Almita Vamos is a six-time recipient of the Presidential Excellence in Teaching Award. After...
Davis Brooks, Violin

Davis Brooks, Violin

Davis Brooks is Professor of Violin at Butler University, Interim Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and a founding member of the Chicago 21st Century Music Ensemble and the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. He was a member of the Mostly Mozart...