Philippe Quint. Hailed by the UK’s Daily Telegraph for his “searingly poetic lyricism”, Philippe Quint has
established himself as one of America’s preeminent violinists, enchanting audiences
through his performances that seamlessly blend consummate musicianship with “breadth
of tone and passion” The New York Times.
With multiple Grammy Award nominations to his name, Quint is celebrated for his
distinctive approach to classical core repertoire, advocacy for contemporary music,
rekindling of neglected repertoire, and pioneering of an original music in context
multimedia format. Quint has soloed with some of the world’s finest orchestras across the
globe including the London Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles
Philharmonic and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Quint’s unwavering dedication to contemporary music has resulted in numerous
premieres of works by some of the most exceptional composers of today including Lera
Auerbach, James Lee III, Alyssa Weinberg and Jakub Ciupinsky while continuing to
highlight eminent American composers William Bolcom, Lukas Foss, John Corigliano,
Leonard Bernstein, Henry Cowell and Ned Rorem.
In the 2024-2025 season, Quint is set to unveil an exciting premiere of a violin concerto
especially written for him by a Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen. The co-
commissioned premiere will include Quint’s returns to the Calgary Philharmonic with
Rune Bergmann, the Kansas City Symphony with Matthias Pintscher, the Royal Scottish
National Orchestra with Joana Carneiro, the North Carolina Symphony with Carlos
Miguel Prieto, the Magdeburg Philharmonic with Anna Skryleva, at the Brevard Festival
and a West Coast premiere at the Cabrillo Festival with Cristian Macelaru.
Other notable performances include appearances with the London Philharmonic, the Los
Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Seattle
Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Houston Symphony,
the New Jersey Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony, the
Weimar Staatskapelle, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic, the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, the China National Symphony, Orquesta
Sinfonia de Galicia, the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony, the
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Berlin Komische Oper Orchestra and MDR Leipzig
Radio Symphony Orchestra, performing under the batons of such renowned conductors
such as the late Kurt Masur, Marin Alsop, Edo De Waart, Andrew Litton, Tugan Sokhiev,
Ludovic Morlot, James Gaffigan, Carl St. Clair, Michael Stern, Vladimir Spivakov,
Cristian Macelaru, Kristian Jarvi, JoAnn Falletta, Krzysztof Urbanski, Jorge Mester,
Jahja Ling, Krzysztof Urbanski, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Steven Sloane and Bramwell
Tovey.
An active chamber musician, Philippe has appeared at the Mostly Mozart, Verbier,
Luzern, Dresden, Caramoor, Colmar, Ravinia, Aspen, Rome, Moritzburg, La Jolla,
Lincoln Center and Chautauqua festivals in addition to recitals and chamber
performances at the Kravis Center, UC Davis Presents, National Gallery in Washington
and San Francisco Performances.
Quint’s illustrious discography, comprising 17 award-winning commercial releases, can be
found on Warner Classics, Naxos and AvantiClassics.
Making his home in New York since 1991, Quint studied at the Special Music School for
the Gifted with the famed violinist Andrei Korsakov making his orchestral debut at the
age of nine. He earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard School.
His distinguished pedagogues and mentors included Dorothy DeLay, Cho-Liang Lin,
Masao Kawasaki, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Arnold Steinhardt and Felix Galimir.
Philippe Quint plays the magnificent 1708 “Ruby” Antonio Stradivari violin on loan to
him through the generous efforts of The Stradivari Society®.