Born:
Washington, D.C.

Degrees and Studies:
Studied with Sidney Griller. First recipient, Fritz Kreisler Memorial Scholarship at Juilliard; studied with Ivan Galamian, Dorothy DeLay, members of Juilliard String Quartet.

Biographical Information:
Winner, Young Concert Artists, Munich International Competition for violin/piano duo. Founding first violinist, Cleveland Quartet, 1969-89. Recordings on RCA, Telarc, CBS, Phillips, Pro Arte; had seven Grammy nominations, won Best of Year awards from Time, Stereo Review. Festivals: Aspen, Ravinia, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Berlin, Israel, Salzburg, Luzern, among others. Violinist, Weilerstein Trio; duo recitalist with pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein. Recorded complete Bloch violin/piano works, Dohnányi, Janácek, Enescu sonatas (Arabesque), three Schumann sonatas (Azica), Bach solo sonatas and partitas (2001, Azica). Students have won prizes in major international competitions, are in leading ensembles, orchestras. Faculty, Cleveland Institute, since 1989.

The Juilliard School:
Faculty since 2001; Pre-College since 2010.