Faculty

Erica Kiesewetter

violin

Ms. Kiesewetter was educated at the Juilliard School, where she was a student of Ivan Galamian, and a fellowship teaching assistant to the Juilliard Quartet.Other significant teachers have included Charles Castleman, Joyce Robbins, Emanuel Vardi, and Robert Mann. She is the concertmaster of the American Symphony Orchestra and also holds that position with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Opera Orchestra of New York, NY Pops, Stamford Symphony, Long Island Philharmonic, and Amici NY. She frequently appears as concerto soloist with these orchestras and will be heard in 2008 performing the Sibelius Concerto with the A.S.O. at the Fisher Center at Bard and at Symphony Space in NY. This past march she performed the North American premiere of two violin pieces by Enric Granados with pianist Douglas Riva, and is currently preparing an edition and recording of these works.

Ms Kiesewetter also is an avid chamber musician and was the first violinist of the Colorado Quartet, garnering prizes at the Evian and Coleman competitions. She was also a member of the Leonardo Trio for 14 years, making a number of recordings and touring the U.S. and Europe. She has been a member of the Perspectives Ensemble, Columbia Synfonietta and numerous others, and for many years toured internationally and recorded with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Her chamber music performances have taken her to the Festival Inverno in Brazil, the Aldeburgh Festival in England, and many others.
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: kiesewet@bard.edu