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Matthew Albert
Violin

Matt Albert was born and raised in Winchester, Virginia. He is a founding member of eighth blackbird, with whom he has received numerous awards, including first prizes at the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Coleman, and Fischoff Competitions. With the other members of eighth blackbird he holds concurrent teaching positions at the University of Richmond and the University of Chicago. He has recorded with the ensemble for Cedille Records, with their most recent disc strange imaginary animals released in November 2006.

As a soloist he performed the Berg Violin Concerto with Bruce Hangen and the Oberlin Orchestra and the Weill Violin Concerto with Barbara Schubert and the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble. His principal teachers include Kenneth Sarch, Gregory Fulkerson, Kurt Sassmannshaus, and Almita Vamos. He has performed throughout the Chicago area with the Chicago Sinfonietta and CUBE new music ensemble. He appeared as the onstage Gypsy Violinist in Light Opera Works’ (Evanston, Illinois) 2001 production of Countess Maritza and as the Fiddler in their 2003 production of Fiddler on the Roof.

Matt holds degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory (B.Mus. violin and B.A. English), the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (A.D. chamber music), and Northwestern University School of Music (M.M. violin).

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