Donald Weilerstein | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 83–84)
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse | Vivian Hornik Weilerstein |
| Children | Alisa Weilerstein, Joshua Weilerstein |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Juilliard School ( BM, MM) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Music |
| Sub-discipline | Violin performance |
| Institutions | Juilliard School New England Conservatory of Music |
Donald Weilerstein (born 1940) is an American violinist and pedagogue.
Early life and education
Weilerstein was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Berkeley, California. He began playing the violin at the age of four and earned a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from the Juilliard School. [1]
Career
In 1969, he founded the Cleveland Quartet, becoming its first violinist, a position he held until 1989. [2] [3] Since 2004, he has been the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies at New England Conservatory of Music and since 2001, he is a faculty member at the Juilliard School. [4] His students have won first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists and first prize in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. [5] [6] In addition, he is a member of the Weilerstein Trio with his daughter, Alisa Weilerstein, and wife, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein. Weilerstein is a fellow of the Music Academy of the West. [7]
References
- ^ "Donald and Vivian Weilerstein". The Juilliard School. 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "Don Weilerstein, Violin 1969-1989". Cleveland Quartet Website. Archived from the original on 2014-06-23.
- ^ Kozinn, Allan (1978-08-06). "Four 'Clevelanders' Who Adopted Beethoven". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "Donald Weilerstein". necmusic.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "Violinists Xiang Yu and Kerson Leong triumph at Menuhin Competition". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
- ^ "1998 Laureates". International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.
- ^ "Alumni Roster". musicacademy.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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