LORENZ GAMMA , violinist, is internationally active as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and teacher. He has given master classes in the United States, Europe and Asia and served from 2005-2007 as visiting violin professor on the faculty at University of California, Los Angeles. As former co-leader of the Amar Quartet of Switzerland he has performed in many of Europe’s most important chamber music venues, including the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Residence in Munich and the Cologne Philharmonic, as well as in many other cities such as London, Paris, New York, Teheran.

Prior to his activity with the quartet, he served as Principal Second Violin of the Zurich Opera Orchestra and as concertmaster of the Northwest Sinfonietta in Seattle. Mr. Gamma has appeared as soloist performing over twenty different concertos by Bach, Beethoven, Bruch, Lutoslawski, Mozart, Piazzolla, Wieniawski, Schumann, Spohr, Tartini, Vivaldi and others, and holds an extensive record of appearances on radio, both in Europe and in the United States.

Having performed string quartets by more than forty composers, as well as most of the other standard chamber music repertoire of over eighty composers, Lorenz Gamma dedicates himself to coaching chamber ensembles in addition to teaching violin as a much sought after private teacher in the Los Angeles area. His private and professional students have won numerous prizes and gone on to continue their studies at such prestigious schools as Indiana University, Manhattan School of Music, University of Southern California and others. Lorenz Gamma was born in Switzerland, where he received his initial training as a violinist. His further studies took place in the United States, with Franco Gulli (Bachelor), Steven Staryk (Masters) and Mark Kaplan (Doctorate).