Since winning
the 1991 Naumburg Viola Award, Misha Amory has gone on to a diverse career
as soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He has performed with orchestras
in the United States and Europe, and has been presented in recital at New
York's Tully Hall, Los Angeles' Ambassador series, Philadelphia's Mozart
on the Square festival, Boston's Gardner Museum, Houston's Da Camera series
and Washington's Phillips Collection. He has been invited to perform at
the MarlboroFestival, the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, the Vancouver
Festival, the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center and the Boston Chamber
Music Society, and he released a recording of Hindemith sonatas on the
Musical Heritage Society label in 1993.
Mr. Amory is a founding member of the Brentano String Quartet, which
enjoys a distinguished concert career in the United States and abroad.
Winners of the inaugural Cleveland Quartet Award and the 1995 Naumburg
Chamber Music Award, the Quartet was also the inaugural group for the Chamber
Music Society at Lincoln Center's new program, Chamber Music Society II.
Mr. Amory holds degrees from Yale University and the Juilliard School.
His principal teachers were Heidi Castleman, Caroline Levine and Samuel Rhodes. Himself a dedicated
teacher, Mr. Amory serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School in New
York City.
Since winning
the 1991 Naumburg Viola Award, Misha Amory has gone on to a diverse career
as soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He has performed with orchestras
in the United States and Europe, and has been presented in recital at New
York's Tully Hall, Los Angeles' Ambassador series, Philadelphia's Mozart
on the Square festival, Boston's Gardner Museum, Houston's Da Camera series
and Washington's Phillips Collection. He has been invited to perform at
the MarlboroFestival, the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, the Vancouver
Festival, the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center and the Boston Chamber
Music Society, and he released a recording of Hindemith sonatas on the
Musical Heritage Society label in 1993.