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Janos Starker

• Distinguished Professor of Music (Cello), Jacobs School of Music

Education:

• Diploma , Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Hungary, 1939

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Janos Starker holds five honorary doctorates and is the former principal cellist of the Metropolitan Opera, and the Chicago, and Dallas symphony orchestras.

He has been a soloist and recitalist on all continents with all major orchestras, festivals; he has given master classes worldwide.

The author of An Organized Method of String Playing, Professor Starker invented a bridge design to enhance the acoustical properties of stringed instruments.

Professor Starker appears in over 100 recordings and is recipient of a Grammy Award. He has also published numerous editions of the cello repertory. He is the first recipient of Indiana University's Tracy Sonnenborn Award.

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