Three-time Grammy nominated violinist Curtis Macomber has been praised by the New York Times for his “thrilling virtuosity” and by Strad Magazine for his “panache”. He enjoys a varied and distinguished career as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher, and has been recognized for several decades as one of America’s foremost interpreters and proponents of new music.
Mr. Macomber’s extensive discography includes recordings for Nonesuch, Koch, Bridge, Arabesque, Naxos, Musical Heritage, and Albany. He has performed, commissioned, and made first recordings of solo violin and chamber works by, among many others, Carter, Davidovsky, Perle, Wuorinen, and Mackey.
As first violinist of the award-winning New World String Quartet for eleven years (1982-1993) Mr. Macomber performed standard and contemporary repertoire in halls throughout the Unted States and Europe. Since 2011 he has been a member of the Manhattan String Quartet.
Mr. Macomber is a longtime faculty member of the Juilliard, Manhattan, and Mannes Conservatories, and has also taught at Tanglewood, Taos, and Yellow Barn. He earned his BM, MM, and DMA degrees at the Juilliard School where he was a scholarship student of Joseph Fuchs and winner of the Morris Loeb and Walter Naumburg Prizes.