Karen Dreyfus, Viola

2010: First 3 Week Session
(weeks 1 and 2 only)*

Faculty, Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard. 

Prizewinner:  the Naumburg Viola Competition (1982), the Lionel Tertis Competition (1980), the Washington International Competition (1979), and the Hudson Valley Competition (1978).

Ms. Dreyfus has concertized extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America. Some of her musical collaborations have been with Musicians From Marlboro, Philomusica, Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center, the New York Philharmonic, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. She has performed in recital with Yehudi Menuhin at Carnegie Hall and has also collaborated with such artists as Rudolf Serkin; Alexander Schneider; Leon Fleisher; Chick Corea; and her husband, Glenn Dicterow. 

A 1979 graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, teachers have included Leonard Mogill, Heidi Castleman, Martha Katz, Michael Tree, and Karen Tuttle.  Ms. Dreyfus is a cofounding member of the Lyric Piano Quartet, which is quartet in residence at Queens College.  Recordings for Bridge Records, MMC, Cala Records and Black Box Records.

* In residence for weeks 1 and 2 only. Will give 3 weeks worth of lessons in 3 weeks of residency.