Emmanuella Reiter
VIOLA
Biography
Born into a family of musicians in Jerusalem in 1981, Emmanuella Reiter began her musical studies at the age of three with her father.
After lessons in violin and piano at the Conservatoire National de Region de Nice, France, Emmanuella entered the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, USA. In January 2001, discovering her passion for the viola, Miss Reiter entered the class of Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory in Boston. There she received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees, and served for three years as teaching assistant to Kim Kashkashian.
Emmanuella has participated in many festivals around the world, has studied and played in masterclasses with Karen Tuttle, Yuri Bashmet, Jean Sulem, Nobuko Imai and Roberto Diaz. She has also performed with artists such as Ida Haendel (at the Wigmore Hall), Peter Frankl and Vladimir Mendelssohn.
Emmanuella frequently performs solo and chamber music in France, England, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and the United States. As a concerto soloist she has performed with orchestras in England, Italy, France and the U.S.A. An experienced chamber musician, she has been a part of prize winning string quartets.
Miss Reiter has recorded with Arsis in the U.S.A., Hessischer Rundfunk in Germany and has appeared on Boston's WGBH classical music radio. In 2005, Emmanuella recorded the duet for violin and viola by Zigmund Schul in the Dvoř�k Hall, Prague, as part of the Terezin Music Anthology.
Her passion for teaching has recently led her to writing a thesis: Karen Tuttle's heritage: The Theory and Practice of Co-ordination, a technique developed by Karen Tuttle, a pupil and assistant of William Primrose, to help prevent and overcome playing-related injury as well as a way to express musical line, gesture and sonority while playing the viola. From Sptember 2009 Miss Reiter will be teaching at the Birmingham Conservatory.
Emmanuella has been based in London since 2006, has performed with all of London's most prestigious orchestras (London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony), has appeared with the Goldberg Ensemble, has been guest principal of the Manning Camerata, and has recently been appointed in the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Emmanuella's dedication for chamber music has led her to start the Jigsaw Players Chamber Music Series, a successful monthly concert series in Wimbledon.
After lessons in violin and piano at the Conservatoire National de Region de Nice, France, Emmanuella entered the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, USA. In January 2001, discovering her passion for the viola, Miss Reiter entered the class of Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory in Boston. There she received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees, and served for three years as teaching assistant to Kim Kashkashian.
Emmanuella has participated in many festivals around the world, has studied and played in masterclasses with Karen Tuttle, Yuri Bashmet, Jean Sulem, Nobuko Imai and Roberto Diaz. She has also performed with artists such as Ida Haendel (at the Wigmore Hall), Peter Frankl and Vladimir Mendelssohn.
Emmanuella frequently performs solo and chamber music in France, England, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and the United States. As a concerto soloist she has performed with orchestras in England, Italy, France and the U.S.A. An experienced chamber musician, she has been a part of prize winning string quartets.
Miss Reiter has recorded with Arsis in the U.S.A., Hessischer Rundfunk in Germany and has appeared on Boston's WGBH classical music radio. In 2005, Emmanuella recorded the duet for violin and viola by Zigmund Schul in the Dvoř�k Hall, Prague, as part of the Terezin Music Anthology.
Her passion for teaching has recently led her to writing a thesis: Karen Tuttle's heritage: The Theory and Practice of Co-ordination, a technique developed by Karen Tuttle, a pupil and assistant of William Primrose, to help prevent and overcome playing-related injury as well as a way to express musical line, gesture and sonority while playing the viola. From Sptember 2009 Miss Reiter will be teaching at the Birmingham Conservatory.
Emmanuella has been based in London since 2006, has performed with all of London's most prestigious orchestras (London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony), has appeared with the Goldberg Ensemble, has been guest principal of the Manning Camerata, and has recently been appointed in the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Emmanuella's dedication for chamber music has led her to start the Jigsaw Players Chamber Music Series, a successful monthly concert series in Wimbledon.