Violinist Peter Zazofsky has performed in twenty-three countries on five continents. He has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood, as well as with the Berlin Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, and Danish Radio Orchestra. Born and raised in Boston, Mr. Zazofsky studied violin with Joseph Silverstein before attending the Juilliard Pre-College under Dorothy DeLay and Ivan Galamian. He then studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, with Galamian, Jaime Laredo, and Arnold Steinhardt, and at the Marlboro Summer Festival, where his mentors included Rudolf Serkin, Felix Galimir, and Sándor Végh. He won the Grand Prize of the Montreal International Competition in 1979, then the Second Prize of the 1980 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. He also received the 1985 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Mr. Zazofsky is a member of the Muir Quartet and Professor of Violin and Coordinator of String Chamber Music at the Boston University School of Music. He also teaches at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and in recent years has expanded his activities to include masterclasses in China, and online seminars for teachers in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
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