Federico Agostini has toured internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher, and adjudicator.   Biography >>

Ik-Hwan Bae studied with Ivan Galamian at the Julliard School and was a prize winner in the Queen Elisabeth and Munich ARD competitions.   Biography >>

Brenda Brenner was assistant professor of music (violin) at Indiana University from 1993 to 2006, when she was named associate professor of music (music education). She specializes in string music education, teaching applied violin, as well as courses in violin and string pedagogy.   Biography >>

Jorja Fleezanis was concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1989 to 2009 —the longest-tenured concertmaster in the orchestra's history and only the second woman in the U.S. to hold the title of concertmaster in a major orchestra when appointed. Prior to Minnesota, she was associate concertmaster with the San Francisco Symphony for eight years.   Biography >>

Professor Fuks graduated from the Julliard School and studied with Ilia Fidlon, Joseph Fuchs, Ivan Galamian, and Jascha Heifetz.   Biography >>

Professor Kaplan has performed in all the principal cities of Europe, including London, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Prague, Zurich, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Milan, as well as the Far East and Australia.   Biography >>

Raised in Alexandria, VA, violinist Alexander Kerr balances an orchestral career with solo and chamber engagements throughout Europe, North America, and the Far East. In 1996, at the age of 26, he was appointed concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, where he served before coming to IU. He has also served as concertmaster of the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra and Chamber Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.   Biography >>

Professor Kowalski won the Jacob Gade Prize in Copenhagen, 1969; was a founding member of the European Trio in 1977; and has performed concerts throughout Europe, Latin America, and the United States.   Biography >>

In more than forty years before the public, Jaime Laredo's career has embraced the roles of soloist, conductor, recitalist and chamber musician. Since his orchestral debut at the age of eleven with the San Francisco Symphony, he has earned the admiration and respect of audiences, critics, and fellow musicians. His private coaches have included Josef Gingold, Pablo Casals, Ivan Galamian and George Szell.   Biography >>

A former concertmaster of the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), Mardirossian performed as concerto soloist and recitalist throughout Bulgaria, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe before moving to Europe, where he developed an impressive solo career, with tours of England, Wales, Italy and the U.S., including debuts in London and New York's Carnegie Recital Hall in 1992. He has appeared as guest artist at international music festivals in Cheltenham, England; the European Cultural Months; the International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria; the Czech Festival in Trento, Italy; and the Sofia Musical Weeks, Bulgaria.   Biography >>

Stanley Ritchie has directed and appeared as a violin soloist with many period instrument ensembles, including the Academy of Ancient Music, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, and the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra.   Biography >>

Zweig is director of the Summer String Academy. She was formerly a member of American Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Orchestra, Piedmont Chamber Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra.   Biography >>