About

Hailed as “…truly illuminating and elegant…”(Herald Tribune), Violist Charles Galante began his studies at the age of 9 in his hometown of Northport, New York. He continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College where he studied with Patinka Kopec and Tali Kravitz. Currently, Charlie is a sophomore at the Juilliard School where he studies with Heidi Castleman and Misha Amory.

As an avid chamber musician, Charles made his Alice Tully Debut in January 2016. He has enjoyed being coached by members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion, Emerson, Cleveland, Cavani, Mendelssohn, Ying, Fine Arts, Dover and Michelangelo Quartets. He has had performances broadcast live on WSMR and WQXR young artists showcase. His Festival appearances include the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Juilliard ChamberFest, Heifetz Institute, Sejong International Music festival at the Curtis Institute, and the Manhattan in the Mountains. At the Heifetz Institute he was chosen to perform on the coveted Celebrity Series and has had the opportunity of collaborating with Charles Neidich, James Dunham, Elmar Oliviera, Antonio Lysy and Charles Wetherbee. Currently, Charles tours the East Coast as a member of “Heifetz on Tour” and will be collaborating with the Baltimore Symphony/coaching members of the Baltimore Youth Symphony in the upcoming season.

Praised for performing with “..absolute beauty, musicianship and integrity..” (yourobservor.com), Charles is also an accomplished orchestral musician, serving as principal of the Juilliard Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Philharmonic, Long Island Youth Orchestra, and Heifetz Big Band among many others. He has performed under the batons of esteemed conductors such as Alan Gilbert, Pablo Heras Casado, Gianandrea Noseda, Larry Rachleff and Nicholas McGegan. Charles has performed in master classes for Misha Amory, Cynthia Phelps, Hsin-Yun Huang, Kim Kashkashian, James Dunham, Barbara Westphal, Martha Katz, Robert Vernon, Carol Rodland, Lawrence Dutton, Karen Dreyfus, Karen Ritscher and Peter Serkin. He has performed in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall and Tilles Center, to Oheka Castle as well as soloist with the Northport Symphony.

He plays on a viola made by Douglas Cox, on generous loan from the Virtu Foundation and is a recipient of the C. & H. Lewine Scholarship at The Juilliard School.

Music

-Beethoven String Quartet Op. 135
-Beethoven String Quartet Op. 76 No. 10
-Beethoven String Trio Op. 9 No. 1
-Haydn String Quartet Op. 64 No. 2
-Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3
-Mendelssohn String Quartet Op. 13 No. 2
-Faure Piano Quartet in C Minor
-Ravel String Quartet
-Schubert Death and the Maiden
-Haydn Sunrise Quartet
-Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3, 8 and 10
-Dvorak American String Quartet
-Dvorak C major Quartet
-Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4
-Beethoven String Quartet Op.59 No.1
-Mozart String Quartet No. 1,2,3,8,14, 21,22 and 23

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