Draft:Carol Lieberman

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Carol Lieberman a multi-faceted violinist, chamber musician, concerto soloist, concertmistress, recording artist, and Professor of Music emerita

Carol Lieberman is an American violinist born in New York City, August 18, 1943. Among the first generation of baroque violinists in the United States, Carol Lieberman is one of the relatively few pioneers on the baroque violin to also maintain a career on the modern violin, championing the classical, romantic, and modern repertory. One example of her commitment to contemporary music on modern violin is her performance of the Alban Berg String Quartet, op. 3 at Carnegie Hall as part of the League of Composers/ISCM all-Berg program in 1969 (Alban Berg’s String Quartet op. 3). She made her New York debut on baroque violin in 1975 at Carnegie Recital Hall, the reviewer from the New York Times writing:

“Carol Lieberman, a Yale educated baroque violinist who teaches at the University of Maine in Orono, made a most pleasant New York debut Monday night… accompanied with a highly sympathetic flair by Mark Kroll at the harpsichord…this was bright-toned, precisely pitched playing, expressive enough to avoid any charge of being mechanical, propulsive enough to suggest a full measure of rhythmic vivacity.”

During a career spanning more than fifty years, Lieberman has appeared as solo recitalist, chamber music collaborator, and concerto soloist on both band modern violin throughout North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Examples include the first performance by an American baroque violinist of the complete Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord of J.S. Bach at Lisbon’s Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 1985, and a varied recital of baroque music at the 2002 Prague Spring Festival in 2002. She has also served as concertmistress for both period and modern instrument orchestras, such as the Orchestra of the Associazione Musicale Romana, Rome, Italy (1981-1982), Connecticut Early Music Festival Orchestra (1982-1984), Handel & Haydn Society, Boston, Massachusetts (1981 – 1984) and Masterworks Chorale, Boston, Massachusetts (1980 – 2012). Her recordings have garnered considerable critical acclaim. Stereo Review named her recording of the complete Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord of J.S. Bach on baroque Violin (Titanic, Ti-33 and Ti-34)  its “Recording of Special Merit,” writing: “Lieberman produces a beautifully focused, sweet sound that balances perfectly with the harpsichord.” Atlantic Magazine wrote about her recording of sonatas by C.P.E. Bach and J.C. Bach (Titanic, Ti-90) that her “playing is technically flawless and rhythmically vital;” Fanfare Magazine praised Lieberman’s recording of Ernst von Dohnányi’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in E- flat Minor, op. 26 (AFKA, SK 503) as “highly recommended;” and the American Record Guide called her rendition of Dohnányi’s Serenade for String Trio in C major, op. 10 (AFKA, SK290) as “one of the most exciting and heartfelt performances of the work that I have heard.” A retrospective of Lieberman’s career can be heard on her most recent album, The Art of Carol Lieberman (Centaur, CRC 3701 and 3702), a 2-CD compilation from her recordings on both baroque and modern violin over the past half century (volume 1 features baroque music and volume 2 contains romantic and contemporary repertory), the reviewer in the journal of the Atlanta Audio Club wrote:

“The great American violinist Carol Lieberman…is a world-class artist with a bold, distinctive sound… she is a violinist’s violinist, a teacher, a concertmaster, and a champion of lesser-known works, both as a soloist and a chamber musician.”

Early Training

Youth

Carol Lieberman performing on the streets of New York City, ca.1965

Lieberman began her first violin lessons at the age of six, and continued her studies at New York’s Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division. In 1957 she entered New York’s High School of Music & Art (now renamed the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art & Performing Arts), was appointed concertmistress of the school’s senior orchestra for her entire high-school career. and served as first violinist of the Music and Art senior string quartet (as a freshman), playing string quartets five days per week throughout the academic year.  

Undergraduate and Graduate

Private violin studies with Raphael Bronstein, 1962-1965, Ms. Lieberman entered the City College of New York (CUNY) in 1961, earning the B.A. (in History) in 1965. She entered graduate school at the Yale University School of Music the same year, subsequently earning the M. Mus degree in 1967 and  M.M.A. degree in 1970. In 1974 she became the first violinist in the history of the Yale School of Music to receive its Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Carol Lieberman is married to the harpsichordist Mark Kroll, with whom she has performed and recorded since 1969.

Teachings

• College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, Professor emerita, 2019-
• Professor of Music and Director of the Holy Cross Chamber Players, 1985-2019
• Boston University School of Music, Department of Historical Performance, 1978 - 2003
  • Teaching Associate in Violin, Baroque Violin, Chamber Music
• Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Head of the String Department, 1981- 1982
• University of Maine, Orono, Maine, Head of the String Department, 1974 – 1975
• York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1972 - 1974
  • Joint Appointment in Department of Music and Division of Humanities

Recordings

The Art of Carol Lieberman (Centaur, 2-CD set. Volume 1: CRC 3701, Volume 2, 3CRC 3702)

Baroque and Classical Violin

C. P. E. Bach and J. C. Bach – Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (Titanic-Ti-90)

J.S. Bach – Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (Titanic, Ti-33 and 34)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Sonatae Violino Solo, 1681 (Centaur, CRC 2463)

J.N. Hummel—Chamber Arrangements of W. A Mozart Symphonies,

No. 35, Haffner and No. 36, Linz (Boston Skyline, BSD 144)

Simon LeDuc and C. P. E. Bach – Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (AFKA-SK 299)

Franz Schubert – Three Sonatinas for Violin and Fortepiano (Newport Classic, NCD 60111)

Modern Violin

Theodore Antoniou – Suite for Violin and Harpsichord (Albany Records, Troy 668))

Elliott Carter – Riconscenza per Goffredo Petrassi, Violin Solo

(Neuma, New Music Series, Volume 3)

Ernst von Dohnányi – Sonata in C minor for Violin and Piano, op.21 (AFKA, SK503)

Ernst von Dohnányi - Piano Quintet No. 2 in E- flat Minor, op. 26 (AFKA, SK503)

Ernst von Dohnányi - Serenade for String Trio in C major, op. 10 (AFKA, SK290)

Alan Hovhaness - Duo for Violin and Harpsichord (Albany Records, Troy 668)

Shirish Korde – Chamber Piece for Six Soloists (Neuma, New Music Series, Volume 3)

Andor Kovach – Deux Mouvements for Violin, Cello and Piano, op. 90, no. 2 (AFKA, SK503)

Olivier Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time (Centaur Records, CRC 2915)

Walter Piston – Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord (Albany Records, Troy 457)

Vittorio Rieti - Sonate Breve for Violin and Harpsichord (New World Records, 80764-2)

External links

• Carol Lieberman's person website