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VIOLA

DAVE MOSS

The Bassill Family Chair

A violist of remarkable versatility and impeccable technique, Dave Moss enjoys a vibrant career as a solo artist, chamber collaborator, and orchestra musician. His technical and musical insight, ranging from early baroque performance practices to the most progressive contemporary music, are tremendous assets praised by colleagues and critics alike. An accomplished chamber musician, Dave has performed with Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Jamie Laredo, Miriam Fried, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, and with members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, and Ying Quartets. He has appeared on the world’s finest concert stages including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kimmel Center, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian

Museum and Chicago’s Orchestra Hall. He has recorded for Cedille Records, Naxos and Sony Records and has been heard on the BBC, PBS, and is a frequent guest on Chicago’s WFMT. Dave is a passionate champion of contemporary music and has performed with the world’s leading ensembles including Dal Niente, Continuum, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and with Pierre Boulez and Ensemble intercontemporain. As an orchestral musician he has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is highly sought after as a guest principal. Dave received his Master’s degree from the Juilliard School as an Irene Diamond fellow, where he served as teaching assistant to Heidi Castleman and Misha Amory. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a student of Peter Slowik.

VIOLA

Dave Moss

The Bassill Family Chair

A violist of remarkable versatility and impeccable technique, Dave Moss enjoys a vibrant career as a solo artist, chamber collaborator, and orchestra musician. His technical and musical insight, ranging from early baroque performance practices to the most progressive contemporary music, are tremendous assets praised by colleagues and critics alike. 

 

An accomplished chamber musician, Dave has performed with Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Jamie Laredo, Miriam Fried, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, and with members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, and Ying Quartets. He has appeared on the world’s finest concert stages including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kimmel Center, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Museum and Chicago’s Orchestra Hall. He has recorded for Cedille Records, Naxos and Sony Records and has been heard on the BBC, PBS, and is a frequent guest on Chicago’s WFMT.

 

Dave is a passionate champion of contemporary music and has performed with the world’s leading ensembles including Dal Niente, Continuum, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and with Pierre Boulez and Ensemble intercontemporain.

 

As an orchestral musician he has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is highly sought after as a guest principal.

 

Dave received his Master’s degree from the Juilliard School as an Irene Diamond fellow, where he served as teaching assistant to Heidi Castleman and Misha Amory. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a student of Peter Slowik.

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