Violinist Elizabeth Fayette, praised by The New York Times for her “alluring, lustrous sound and seasoned virtuosity,” was most recently the first violin of the Vega Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University. With the Vega Quartet, Ms. Fayette has performed across North America, including in Mexico and Alaska, as well as throughout Denmark and at Amsterdam’s famed Concertgebouw.

Ms. Fayette made her Carnegie Hall solo debut with the Juilliard Orchestra and conductor Alan Gilbert, performing on the “Avery Fisher” Stradivarius. Her recital appearances include performances at Rockefeller University, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and at Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society, presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. She regularly performs with the Marinus Ensemble, the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and the Manhattan Chamber Players.

Ms. Fayette’s festival appearances include the Marlboro Music School and Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, and Music from Angel Fire. She has collaborated with artists such as Mitsuko Uchida, Jonathan Biss, Samuel Rhodes, Peter Stumpf, Michael Tree, and Peter Wiley.

Ms. Fayette received her B.M. from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Pamela Frank, Shmuel Ashkenasi, and Arnold Steinhardt, and M.M and Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School as a student of Sylvia Rosenberg. Ms. Fayette also completed a two-year fellowship with Ensemble Connect (formerly ACJW), a program administered by Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School which supports young professional musicians in building careers as arts leaders in their communities.

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