Meet a Member Speculum Musicae – Curtis Macomber

Curtis Macomber is one of the most versatile soloists/chamber musicians before the public today, equally at home in repertoire from Bach to Babbitt.  As member of the New World String Quartet from 1982-93, he performed in virtually all the important concert series in this country, as well as touring abroad.  He is the violinist of Speculum Musicae and Da Capo,  and a founding member of the Apollo Trio.  His most recent recordings include: a solo recording (“Casting Ecstatic”),  on CRI; the complete Grieg Sonatas on Arabesque;  an all Steve Mackey record (“Interior Design”) on Bridge, and the complete Brahms Sonatas, also for Bridge.  Mr. Macomber is presently a member of the chamber music faculty of the Juilliard School, where he  earned B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. degrees as a student of Joseph Fuchs.  He is also on the violin faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, and has taught at the Tanglewood, Taos and Yellow Barn Music Festivals.

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