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Michael Tree
Artist-in-Residence, Viola
Guarneri String Quartet
String Division
Michael Tree, violist, was born in Newark, New Jersey. His principal violin studies were with Efrem Zimbalist at the Curtis Institute of Music. Subsequent to his Carnegie Hall recital debut, Mr. Tree has appeared as violin and viola soloist with major orchestras, including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and New Jersey. As a founding member of the Marlboro Trio and Guarneri String Quartet, he has concertized throughout the world and recorded more than 80 chamber music works. Prominent among these are ten piano quintets and quartets with Artur Rubinstein. Mr. Tree serves on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, University of Maryland School of Music and Rutgers University. Mr. Tree plays a Domenicus Busan viola from Venice, Italy, 1750.
