Violinist Todd Phillips made his solo debut with the Pittsburgh
Symphony at the age of thirteen and since then has appeared with many
orchestras throughout the United States, Europe and Japan including the
Brandenburg Ensemble, the Jacksonville and Honolulu symphonies, Camerata
Salzburg and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He made his Carnegie Hall
debut in 1982 with the New York String Orchestra and conductor Alexander
Schneider. Return engagements at Carnegie Hall soon followed as well as
solo performances in Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy
Center in Washington D.C., Boston’s Symphony Hall and the Frankfurt
Opera House.
Todd is a founding member of the highly acclaimed Orion String Quartet
which has been the quartet-in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center, the Mannes College of Music and the Santa Fe Chamber
Music Festival. The Quartet’s television appearances have included PBS’
“Live from Lincoln Center,” three performances on ABC’s “Good Morning
America,” and A&E’s “Breakfast with the Arts.” Their recordings of the
complete Beethoven quartets have received unanimous acclaim from critics
and audiences alike.
Todd’s experience as a frequent leader of the conductorless Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra has led to engagements as conductor/leader with the
Camerata Nordica of Sweden, The New World Symphony, Risor Chamber
Orchestra in Norway, The Brandenburg Ensemble, the Tapiola Sinfonietta
of Finland, and the Mannes Sinfonietta in New York City.
Todd serves on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes
College, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, Bard
College Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music. He
lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, violinist Catherine Cho and is the
father of four children: Lia, Eliza, Jason, and Brandon and is
grandfather of Theo. Todd has performed at the SLLMF since 2018.
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