Donald McInnes, Viola

Donald McInnes, viola soloist, has performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras, collaborated with such artists as Leonard Bernstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Janos Starker, and Yo-Yo Ma, and has recorded for Columbia, RCA, Deutsche Grammophon, and Angel (EMI). McInnes studied with William Primrose. He now holds the position at the University of California once held by Primrose; his students received the three top prizes at the 1984 Lionel Tertis Competition. McInnes plays a Curtin & Alf replica of a Gasparo da Salo viola.