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Violinist Jeffrey Multer
has been recognized
worldwide
for his passionate
performances, extraordinary
depth of
musical understanding
and brilliant
technique. A native
of upstate New York,
Multer made his Kennedy
Center debut in
1993, and since that time he has appeared throughout
North and South America, Europe and Asia.
This year marks his eighth season as artistic director
of chamber music at the Eastern Music Festival.
In addition, he was appointed artistic director of
the newly formed Palladium Chamber Players in
St. Petersburg. Prior chamber music positions include
the Oxford Quartet, and in 2001, he joined the
critically acclaimed Elements Quartet, whose New
York series was named Best Classical Music Event of
2003 by The Washington Post.
Appointed concertmaster to The Florida Orchestra
in 2006, he also serves as concertmaster at
the Eastern Music Festival. Past concertmaster
appointments include the Colorado Symphony,
Breckenridge Music Institute in Colorado, Washington
Concert Opera, and Echternacht Festival in
Luxembourg. In 2012, Multer joined the “All-Star”
orchestra in New York City as associate concertmaster.
A committed educator, Multer is currently head
of violin faculty at the Eastern Music Festival. He
has taught at the New World Symphony, National
Orchestra Institute at the University of Maryland,
Miami University of Ohio and in the pre-college division
of The Juilliard School.
Multer began violin studies at age 5. At 16, he
moved to New York City to continue studies at
The Juilliard School where he was the recipient of
a Lincoln Center Fellowship. His teachers include
Lewis Kaplan, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Gerald Fischbach
and Arnold Steinhardt.
JEFFREY MULTER
Violin
STUDENT COMPOSER COMPETITION
The Florida Orchestra believes that music is a
living art and is proud to do its part in providing
opportunities for the composers of today,
particularly with our own home-grown talent
around the state of Florida. To this end TFO has
established an annual competition for student
composers studying at Florida colleges and
universities to encourage their interest in symphony
orchestras and provide a platform to further their
careers. Three finalists had their works read by
the orchestra with the winner of the third annual
competition is featured on this program. Winner to
be announced from the stage as the final stage of
the competition was not concluded by the print of
this booklet.