Curtis Macomber
Violinist Curtis Macomber is a versatile chamber player and soloist with a specialization in contemporary music; he has performed in world premieres numbering in the hundreds. Macomber is also a prominent educator.
Macomber was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and grew up in nearby Fairhaven. He attended the Juilliard School in New York for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, studying with Joseph Fuchs and winning two prizes from the school. He has performed with several leading American chamber ensembles, both in traditional repertory and in contemporary music. In 1982, he joined the New World String Quartet, remaining with that group until 1993, serving as artist-in-residence at Harvard University, touring the U.S. and Europe, and making 14 recordings with the group. Macomber also co-founded the Apollo Piano Trio, joined the Da Capo Chamber Players in 2007 and the Manhattan String Quartet in 2011, and is a member of the New York Chamber Soloists. He performs with the contemporary music ensemble Speculum Musicae and has played in various capacities with several other contemporary music groups, including the Group for Contemporary Music, the Sea Cliff Chamber Players, and the New York New Music Ensemble. His world premiere credits with these groups include works by Elliott Carter, George Perle, and Mario Davidovsky, among many others.
In addition to his work with chamber groups, Macomber has made recordings as a soloist for CRI, Arabesque, Bridge, and other labels of both traditional and contemporary repertoires. He recorded the violin sonatas of Grieg and Brahms with, respectively, pianists Marija Stroke and Derek Han, and he appeared on a 2015 recording of Morton Feldman's work Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello. Four years later, he was featured with soprano Susan Narucki on the album Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág. Macomber has taught violin at the Manhattan School of Music since 1994 and chamber music at the Juilliard School since 1998.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Rosner: Chamber Music
Classical - Released by Toccata Classics on 7/07/2017
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Musique de chambre
Peter Serkin, Curtis Macomber, Jesse Mills, Brentano String Quartet, Lois Martin, Fred Sherry
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 28/02/2011
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Donald Martino: Later Works
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1/01/2010
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Strange Exclaiming Music
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 28/07/2009
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Grieg: Sonatas For Violin & Piano
Curtis Macomber, Marija Stroke
Classical - Released by Arabesque Recordings on 3/09/2002
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Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
Aleck Karis, Curtis Macomber, Danielle Farina, Christopher Finckel
Chamber Music - Released by Bridge Records on 2/02/2015
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WOLPE: String Quartet / Second Piece for Violin Alone / Trio in 2 Parts / Oboe Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 13/07/2006
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Give and Take
Curtis Macomber, Norman Fischer
Chamber Music - Released by Albany Records on 3/05/2024
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Curtis Macomber: Casting Ecstatic - Solo Works for Violin
Classical - Released by NWCRI on 29/10/2002
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Soliloquy: Curtis Macomber/Sessions/Hoffman/Adolphe
Classical - Released by eOne Music International Classics on 20/08/1992
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Libby Larsen: Circle of Friends
Chamber Music - Released by Navona on 6/11/2015
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Songs & Encores
Judith Bettina, James Goldsworthy, Curtis Macomber, Tom Kolor
Classical - Released by Bridge Records on 1/11/2006
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Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Chamber Music - Released by Bridge Records on 6/05/2008
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Jones, C.: New and Hisotrical Recordings - 5 Melodies / Piano Sonata No. 2 / Symphony No. 3 (1959, 1994, 2003)
Curtis Macomber, William Masselos, Gavleborg Symphony Orchestra, Blair McMillen, Michael Adelson
Chamber Music - Released by Albany on 1/05/2005
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Schwendinger: 3 Works for Solo Instruments and Orchestra
Matt Haimovitz, Curtis Macomber, Christina Jennings
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1/12/2012
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The Music of James Bolle
Monadnock Festival Orchestra, Susan Narucki, James Bolle, Curtis Macomber
Classical - Released by Albany on 1/09/2009
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Shawn: Cabaret Music / Childhood Scenes / Candles / Episodes / String Quartet No. 4
Steven Klimowski, Yoshiko Sato, Music from Salem Quartet, Curtis Macomber, Maxine Neuman, Allen Shawn
Chamber Music - Released by Albany on 1/08/2004
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