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Steve Larson, viola

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Violist Steve Larson is a Senior Artist Teacher at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford, where he has taught since 1998 and has served both as Chair for Strings and Chair of Chamber Music. He is a founding member of the acclaimed oboe, viola and piano trio, Ensemble Schumann, and the equally renowned Adaskin String Trio. He also performs and records in duo with his wife, violinist Annie Trepanier and throughout the Americas and Europe with their chamber groups, Avery Ensemble and Cuatro Puntos. Both groups also present their own Hartford, Connecticut concert series which present numerous world premieres and cross-cultural collaborations in programs specially crafted to give the music a meaningful context. Larson is Principal Viola of the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra and Chair of Viola Studies for the intensive string chamber music program at the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy in Virginia. He is a former member of the Alcan String Quartet and has performed as a guest with groups such as the Emerson Quartet and the Lions Gate Trio as well as with orchestras such as the Montreal Symphony and National Arts Center Orchestra. Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada), Larson holds degrees from McGill University, l’Université de Montréal and The Hartt School. At the 1997 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in the United Kingdom he won second prize and received the special award for his performance of the commissioned work. He studied violin with Ernest Kassian, Elman Lowe, Howard Leyton-Brown, and Mauricio Fuks, viola with Jutta Puchhammer and Steve Tenenbom, and chamber music with members of the Emerson and Orford String Quartets. He plays an exceptional 17-3/8 inch viola made by Helmuth Keller in 1981.

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  • About CP
  • Upcoming Events
    • All Upcoming Events in 2021
    • New World Soul Jan 24 2pm EST
    • Coming Home: A Hartford Collage Feb 21 2pm EST
    • Bones n' Dolls- Animated Story for Kids Feb 23 & 27
  • Support
  • Call For Artists 2021
  • Music Moves Hartford
  • Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
  • School Teaching Artists
  • Our Director
  • Discography
    • The Curve
    • Sounds of Persia
    • From The Countryside
    • Jaipur to Cairo
    • Rosegarden of Light
    • Centennial Cole
  • YouTube
  • Spotify
  • Shop
  • Volunteer
  • Contact
  • Past Events
    • Hartford Summer Concerts 2020
    • Cross-Atlantic Quarantine Sessions 2020
    • 2019-2020 Season
    • 2019 Hartford Summer Outdoor Pops Concerts
    • 2018-2019 Season
    • 2017-2018 SEASON
    • 2016-2017 Season
    • 2015-2016 Season
    • 2014-2015 Season
    • 2013-2014 Season
    • European Tour 2016
    • South American Tour 2014
  • Annual Reports
    • Annual Report 2019
    • Annual Report 2017/18
    • Annual Report 2016
    • Annual Report 2015
    • Strategic Plan