Currently the Eleanor H. Biggs Memorial Distinguished Professor of Violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music, violinist Paul Kantor has been an artist and a member of the Aspen Music Festival and School for more than 30 years. Concertmaster for both the Aspen Festival Orchestra and the Aspen Chamber Symphony, he has held the same position with the New Haven Symphony and the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. He performed the world premieres of Dan Welcher’s Violin Concerto and John Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices. Mr. Kantor has also performed with the New York String Quartet, the Lenox Quartet, the Berkshire Chamber Players, and the National Musical Arts Chamber Ensemble, and has recorded on the Equilibrium, CRI, Delos, and Mark labels. Chair of the University of Michigan’s String Department for 14 years, he has also served on the faculties of the Juilliard School of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Yale University.
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