Master Class
Jörg-Michael Schwarz, violin

JÖRG-MICHAEL SCHWARZ, a prize winner in several international violin competitions, has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. A recipient of numerous grants and scholarships, he studied violin with Max Rostal and Berta Volmer in Cologne, Germany and with Dorothy DeLay and Jens Ellerman at the Juilliard School. Early on in his career, Mr. Schwarz concentrated on chamber music, studying with the Melos, Amadeus and Juilliard Quartets as well as Felix Galimir. As soloist he has appeared with the Scottish Chamber Symphony under Yehudi Menuhin, the Berne Symphony Orchestra, the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra and the Heilbronn Symphony Orchestra, amongst others. Co-founder of the Ravel Quartet Köln (1978-81), the Orfeo Chamber Soloists (1979-82) and the Monadnock Quartet (1984-88), he was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra (1984-85) and the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra (1984-88). (source: rebelbaroque.com/jorg.html)

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