Paul Neubauer, viola

Violist Paul Neubauer has appeared as soloist with the New York, Los Angeles, Taipei and Helsinki philharmonics, the National, St. Louis, Dallas, Detroit, and San Francisco Symphony orchestras, and the English, St. Luke's, and Santa Cecilia chamber orchestras. He presented the world premiere of the revised Bartók Viola Concerto and has given premieres of concertos by Penderecki, Picker, Jacob, Suter, Ott and Friedman. In demand as a chamber musician, Mr. Neubauer is an artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and is music director of the chamber music series at the OK Mozart Festival. He has performed at the festivals of Verbier, Ravinia, Stavanger, Wolftrap, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest, Mostly Mozart, Saratoga, Marlboro, and Ljubljana. He has also been featured on CBS' "Sunday Morning," and on "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor. Mr. Neubauer was the first prize winner of the Whitaker, D'Angelo and Lionel Tertis International Competitions and is an Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient. He was principal violist of the New York Philharmonic for six years, joining at age 21. He has recorded for Decca, RCA, Sony Classical, Koch, Delos and New World, and is currently on the faculty of the Juilliard School.