Violinist Glenn Dicterow has established himself worldwide as one of the most prominent American concert artists of his generation. His extraordinary musical gifts became apparent at the age of 11 when he made his solo debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (where his father, Harold Dicterow, served as principal of the second violin section for 52 years) in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. In the following years, Mr. Dicterow became one of the most sought-after young artists, appearing as soloist from coast to coast.
Mr. Dicterow went on to win numerous awards and competitions including the Young Musicians Foundation Award and Coleman Award (Los Angeles), The Julia Klumpke Award (San Francisco), and the Bronze Medal in the International Tchaikovsky Competition (1970). He is a graduate of Juilliard, where he was a student of Ivan Galamian. Other teachers have included Joachim Chassman, Naoum Blinder, Manuel Compinsky, Jascha Heifetz, and Henryk Szerying.
In 1967 he appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of André Kostelanetz in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. He was then 18 years old. In 1980 he joined the Orchestra as Concertmaster and has since performed as its soloist every year. Prior to joining the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Dicterow served as Associate Concertmaster and Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
During a New York Philharmonic tour of major American cities in 1986, Mr. Dicterow was featured in Leonard Bernstein's Serenade with the composer conducting, and in 1990 played The Carmen Fantasy under the direction of Zubin Mehta in a "Live From Lincoln Center" concert telecast. In addition, he was a soloist in the Orchestra's 1982 concert at the White House?
Over the past few seasons Mr. Dicterow has been the featured soloist with the Philharmonic in Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto with guest conductor Yuri Temirkanov, the Menotti Concerto under the direction of Kurt Masur, and the Bruch Concerto with Christian Thielemann conducting. During the Philharmonic's 1998 Asia Tour, Mr. Dicterow was soloist in the Barber Violin Concerto in Manila, Korea, and in Beijing, China, where he performed in The Great Hall of the People with an audience of over 10,000 people. Mr. Dicterow has also been a guest soloist with the symphony orchestras of Los Angeles, Baltimore, Birmingham, Chautauqua, Grant Park, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Mexico City, Miami, Montreal, Omaha, and Tampa, to name a few. Recent engagements have included solo concerts with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Warsaw Symphony Orchestra and a performance of the Bernstein Serenade with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in the "Isaac Stern at Eighty: A Birthday Celebration" at Carnegie Hall. Last season (2001-2002) Dicterow was soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leonard Slatkin. Also that season he was featured soloist with the New York Philharmonic in both the Six Sibelius Humoresques with Sir Colin Davis conducting and in the Bernstein Serenade on tour in the United States, Europe and Asia under the direction of Kurt Masur. Last July Mr. Dicterow performed the Brahms Double Concerto with the New York Philharmonic, Carter Brey and Kurt Masur in Tanglewood as well as on Live from Lincoln Center.
Mr. Dicterow's discography includes Copland's Violin Sonata, Largo, and Piano Trio; Ives' Sonatas nos. 2 and 4 and Piano Trio; and Korngold's Piano Trio and Violin Sonata, all for EMI. He is also featured in the violin solos in Strauss' Ein Heldenleben and Also sprach Zarathustra with Zubin Mehta and CBS. Other compositions committed to disc are works of Wieniawski with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Lee Holdridge's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and the composer conducting; Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Maxim Shostakovich on a Radiothon recording; and the Philharmonic's recording of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade with Yuri Temirkanov on the BMG label. Mr. Dicterow's most recent CD is a solo recital for Cala Records entitled New York Legends, featuring Corigliano's Sonata for Violin and Piano, Korngold's Much ado About Nothing, the premiere recording of Leonard Bernstein's Sonata for Violin and Piano, and Martinu's Three Madrigals for violin and viola, in collaboration with Karen Dreyfus, viola, and Gerald Robbins, piano.
Mr. Dicterow can also be heard in the violin solos of the film scores for The Turning Point, The Untouchables, Altered States, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and Interview With a Vampire, among others.
Mr. Dicterow enjoys an active teaching career. He is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. He and his wife, violist Karen Dreyfus are founding members of The Lyric Piano Quartet.
One of today's most prominent violinists, Glenn Dicterow is well known to audiences throughout Europe and North America both as an orchestral soloist and a recitalist. A top prizewinner in many international competitions, he appears frequently throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Japan, Korea and China with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Montreal Symphony, London Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, to name a few.
Mr. Dicterow has been Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic since 1980 and is a featured soloist on many of its recordings. He has also recorded the Holdridge Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bernstein Serenade with the New York Philharmonic, and for Cala and EMI, solo works of Korngold, Ives, Bernstein, Martinu and Corigliano.
An active teacher, Glenn Dicterow serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music. He and his wife, violist Karen Dreyfus, are founding members of the Lyric Piano Quartet, currently in residence at Queens College.
Mr. Dicterow is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Ivan Galamian. Other teachers include Jascha Heifetz, Henryk Szerying, Manuel Compinsky, Eudice Shapiro and Naoum Blinder.
