KIM KASHKASHIAN
 Kim Kashkashian has established herself as one of the most accomplished violists of this generation. Inspiring world-wide critical acclaim, she has been hailed by The San Francisco Chronicle as "an artist who combines a probing, restless musical intellect with enormous beauty of tone." The New York Times has praised her "rich, mellow timbre and impressive artistry." In recent seasons, Kim has appeared in solo recitals or with major orchestras in New York, Berlin, London, Munich, Tokyo, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Cleveland and Los Angeles.
Kim's quest for new directions and forms, which she obtains through intense and continuous work with composers, is an active part of her musical life. As a result of these relationships she has extensively enlarged the repertoire for solo viola. Her commitment to chamber music, which began during years of participation at the Marlboro Music Festival, continues through appearances at the Salzburg, Marlboro and Lockenhaus Festivals. She has made guest appearances with the Tokyo, Guarneri, and Galimir Quartets and toured with a unique quartet which included violinists Gidon Kremer and Daniel Phillips and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Kim’s recordings give an index of the range of her activities. Her recording, with Robert Levin, of the Brahms Sonatas won the Edison Prize in 1999. Her June 2000 recording of concertos by Bartók, Eötvös and Kurtág won the 2001 Cannes Classical Award for a premiere recording by soloist with orchestra. After earlier recordings of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Divertimento KV 563, her extensive discography includes the complete Viola Sonatas of Hindemith, the Shostakovich Sonata Op. 147 (Robert Levin, piano), the solo concerti from Britten, Penderecki, Kancheli and Schnittke as well as works by Linda Bouchard and Paul Chihara for viola and percussion (Robyn Schulkowsky), the Bach Sonatas for viola da gamba and cembalo (Keith Jarrett), music from Eleni Karaindrou for the film Ulysses' Gaze by Theo Angelopoulos, and a chamber music CD with works of Kurtág and Schumann together with Eduard Brunner, clarinet and Robert Levin, piano. In January 2002, she released Voci, her recording of two large works by Luciano Berio. The album comprises the title work for viola and orchestra as well as Naturale, a related work for viola and percussion (Robyn Schulkowsky), and archival field recordings of Sicilian folk music. Hayren and Monodia, released in 2003 and 2004, respectively, focus on her work with the Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, of Armenian descent, Kim graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music where she studied with Walter Trampler and Karen Tuttle. Her extensive teaching activities have included professorships at the University of Indiana in Bloomington and at Conservatories in Freiburg and Berlin, Germany. In September 2000, she began teaching viola and chamber music at the New England Conservatory in Boston.
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