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Profile - Kenneth Goldsmith

Kenneth Goldsmith is violinist with the Mirecourt Trio, an ensemble that enjoys international acclaim through tours, prize-winning recordings, and television and radio broadcasts. He is currently Professor of Violin at the Shepherd School of Music, and is a co-founder of CONTEXT, an ensemble devoted to the performance of music in different styles and periods performed upon historically appropriate instruments.

As a recitalist and soloist with orchestra, Goldsmith has toured the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Taiwan, and the People´s Republic of China. His teachers include William Kroll, Mischa Mischakoff, and Nathan Milstein. He holds degrees from George Peabody College and Stanford University.

Goldsmith has given master classes throughout the United States, Europe, and the Orient and appears frequently in recital with pianist Jo Anne Ritacca. His extensive recorded repertoire, both solo and with the Mirecourt Trio and Lyric Art String Quartet, appears on the following record labels: ABC, Genesis, CRI, Innova, Grand Prix, Audax, Gasparo, Bay Cities, and TR Records. With the Mirecourt Trio, he has embarked on a compact disc series for Music and Arts of America, featuring new American music and the standard literature for piano trio.

 
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