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Joseph Genualdi is an American violinist. music He is best known as a chamber musician. He was the founding first violinist of The Muir String Quartet and Chicago String Quartet, also having performed for ten years with The Los Angeles Piano Quartet. He also founded The Chicago Chamber Musicians and served as Artistic Director of that organization from 1995 to 2012.

He has held the title of full Professor at California State University, The University of Oregon, DePaul University, and The University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory where he currently guides a large class of violinists from around the world.


Early life and education

The son of professional musicians, Genualdi was born in Clinton, Iowa, and grew up in Connecticut. His formal training began at age 11 with Broadus Erle.[1] Three years later he enrolled at The North Carolina School of the Arts studying violin with Vartan Manoogian.[2] Upon graduation, he was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music where he continued his violin studies with Jascha Brodsky and Ivan Galamian. During his years at Curtis he formed a lifelong friendship with Felix Galimir.[3] Graduate studies were taken at Yale University as a Wardwell Fellow with Oscar Shumsky and Raphael Hillyer.

Career

At age 22 Genualdi won an audition to serve as associate concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony; it was during this time that he became a founding member and first violinist of the Muir Quartet.[4] Under the aegis of the Wardwell Fellowship at Yale University,[1] the Muir captured international attention by winning first prize in 1980 at Le Concours d'Evian and also the 1981 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award.[5] Their performance at the White House was featured on national television. With pianist Jean-Philippe Collard, the Muir Quartet (with Genualdi as first violin) won the Grand Prix du Disque for their recording of the César Franck piano quintet.[3]

In addition to his participation in the Muir Quartet, Joseph Genualdi has been a violinist of the Los Angeles Piano Quartet,[6] a founding member of the Chicago String Quartet,[7] and artistic director for seventeen years of the Chicago Chamber Musicians.

Genualdi has participated in many festivals including Spoleto (Italy), Ravinia, Taos, Affinis (Japan), Kneisel Hall, Euro Arts, Bravo Colorado, Angel Fire, Nîmes (France), and Cheltenham. But his most enduring affiliation was with the Marlboro Festival[8] and Rudolf Serkin, a guiding influence on his career. His other mentors have included Menahem Pressler, Oscar Shumsky, Raphael Hillyer and Mieczysław Horszowski.[3]

An enthusiastic and devoted teacher, Genualdi is Professor of Violin at The University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. He has served on the faculties of Yale University, the University of Oregon, DePaul University, California State University—Northridge[1] – The University of North Carolina School of the Arts.[1] He has taught summers at the Taos School of Music, Kneisel Hall, and the Euro Arts Festival in Leipzig, Germany. He is currently Professor of Violin at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory.

A longtime supporter of new music, Joseph Genualdi has worked closely with numerous composers: Pierre Boulez, George Perle, John Harbison, David Del Tredici, Ned Rorem, William Bolcom, Ellen Taaffe Zwillich, Aaron Jay Kernis, Steven Stucky, Richard Wilson, Bernard Rands, John Corigliano, and Peter Lieberson – among many others. He is featured on twelve commercially available CDs on such labels as EMI, Musical Heritage Society, Sony Classics, Albany Records, Cedille Records, Music Masters-Pickwick, and Naxos.[3]

Genualdi, who won first prize in the Hudson Valley Philharmonic International String Competition,[9] continues his career as soloist in frequent concerto performances and duo recitals.

In August, 2012, Genualdi joined the faculty of the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory as Professor of Violin.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Chicago Chamber Musicians – Ensemble Artists". Chicagochambermusic.org. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  2. ^ "'World-class' UW violinist Vartan Manoogian dies (July 13, 2007)". News.wisc.edu. 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  3. ^ a b c d "Joseph Genualdi". School of Music. UNCSA. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  4. ^ "Home". The Muir String Quartet. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  5. ^ "The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation - Chamber Music Award: June, 2009". Naumburg.org. Archived from the original on 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  6. ^ Jeffrey S. Sposato (May 1995). William Thomas McKinley: a bio-bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-0-313-28923-1. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  7. ^ Strings. String Letter Corp. 1995. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  8. ^ American Symphony Orchestra League (1991). Symphony. American Symphony Orchestra League. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  9. ^ American Symphony Orchestra League (1979). Symphony news. American Symphony Orchestra League. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Joseph Genualdi Appointed Professor of Violin at the UMKC Conservatory". Archived from the original on 2012-12-15.
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