Janos Starker
Distinguished Professor of Music (Cello)
Contact Information:
starker
[at]
indiana [dot] edu
(starker@indiana.edu)
Music Addition, MA155
Department
Education
- Diploma, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Hungary, 1939
Biography
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 and festivals and has given master classes worldwide.
The author of An Organized Method of String Playing, Starker invented a bridge design to enhance the acoustical properties of stringed instruments.
Starker appears on over 100 recordings and is the recipient of a Grammy Award. He has published numerous editions of the cello repertory and is the first recipient of Indiana University's Tracy Sonnenborn Award.