Viola

Born in the UK, from a family of fine classical musicians, Jenny Stirling trained at the Guildhall School of Music in London as a student of David Takeno. Diverting for a few years to explore her love...

Marcus Thompson has taught at NEC since 1983. Also a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1973, in 2015 that school awarded Thompson its highest honor, the title of...

Liana Zaretsky was born in Moscow, Russia. A few years after her family immigrated to the U.S. and landed in Boston, MA, Liana started violin lessons. At age 11, she joined the Longy School of Music...

Honors Diploma (B.M.), Azerbaijan State College of Music; graduate studies, Azerbaijan State Conservatory, Music Academies of Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem, Conservatory of Lucerne. Conductor, chamber and...

Mai Motobuchi has earned distinction as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. Since joining the Borromeo String Quartet in 2000, Ms. Motobuchi...

Kim Kashkashian, internationally recognized as a unique voice on the viola, was born of Armenian parents in Michigan. She studied the viola with Karen Tuttle and legendary violist Walter Trampler at...

Joung Hoon Song began his violin studies at the age of ten in South Korea. After winning the Seoul Philharmonic Concerto Soloist Competition, he made his debut with the orchestra at the age of 15 in a...

Gillian Rogell has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School since 1977, when she was was both the first violist and the first chamber music coach on the faculty.   She...

Graduate from Zagreb University and Brussels Royal Conservatory; Diplome Superieur for violin and Premier Prix for Chamber Music; studies with K. Hauser, I. Pinkava, A. Gerller, Yankelewitch, and...