Donald Weilerstein | |
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Born | 1940 (age 84–85) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Spouse | Vivian Hornik Weilerstein |
Children | Alisa Weilerstein, Joshua Weilerstein |
Academic background | |
Education | Juilliard School (BM, MM) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Music |
Sub-discipline | Violin performance |
Institutions | Juilliard School New England Conservatory of Music |
Donald Weilerstein (born 1940) is an American violinist and pedagogue.
Weilerstein was born in Washington,D.C.,and raised in Berkeley,California. He began playing the violin at the age of four and earned a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from the Juilliard School. [1]
In 1969,he founded the Cleveland Quartet,becoming its first violinist,a position he held until 1989. [2] [3] Since 2004,he has been the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies at New England Conservatory of Music and since 2001,he is a faculty member at the Juilliard School. [4] His students have won first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists and first prize in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. [5] [6] In addition,he is a member of the Weilerstein Trio with his daughter,Alisa Weilerstein,and wife,Vivian Hornik Weilerstein. Weilerstein is a fellow of the Music Academy of the West. [7] His son,Joshua Weilerstein,has guest conducted with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.