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 in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic where his father, Harold Dicterow, served as principal of the second violin section for 52 years.

In the following years Mr. Dicterow became one of the most sought after young artists appearing as soloist from coast to coast. He 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 Szeryng.

In 1967 he appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Andre Kostelanetz in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. He was then 18 years old. In 1980 he joined the New York Philharmonic as Concertmaster and has since performed as its soloist every year. Prior to joining the New York Philharmonic, Dicterow served as Associate Concertmaster and Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

During a tour of major American cities in 1986 he was featured in Bernstein’s Serenade with the composer conducting, and in 1990 played Carmen Fantasy under the baton of Zubin Mehta in a Live From Lincoln Center concert telecast. He was also a soloist in the orchestra’s 1982 concert at the White House.

Mr. Dicterow has also been a guest soloist with the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Birmingham, Chautauqua, Grant Park, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Miami Beach, Montreal, Omaha, San Francisco, Tampa, and many other cities. During the 1995-96 season alone, he was soloist with the Philharmonic in three works-- Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Chausson’s Poeme , and Ravel’s Tzigane . At the beginning of the 1996-97 season, he performed the Barber Violin Concerto under the baton of Music Director Kurt Masur. During the 1997-98 season Mr. Dicterow performed the Prokofiev Concerto No.2 with Yuri Temirkanov. His most recent engagements have included concerts with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Monterey and Napa Valley Symphony Orchestras. Glenn Dicterow performed the Barber Violin Concerto on the New York Philharmonic’s 1998 tour of Asia which included a concert at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. This season he played the Menotti Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Kurt Masur.

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 on the CBS label. Other compositions committed to disc are works of Wieniawski with Mr. Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Lee Holdridge’s Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra; Shostakovitch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Maxim Shostakovitch on a Radiothon recording; and the Philharmonic’s recording of Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade with Yuri Temirkanov on the BMG label. 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, violist and Gerald Robbins, pianist.

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 also enjoys an active teaching career. He is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. Both Dicterow and his solo violist wife, Karen Dreyfus, are founding members of the Lyric Piano Quartet, which is in residence at Queens College CUNY and are also on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music in New York.