Donald Weilerstein (born 1940) is an American violinist and pedagogue.
Donald Weilerstein | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Early life and education edit
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 edit
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] His son, Joshua Weilerstein, is conductor with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
References edit
- ^ "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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