Biography

Violinist Katrin Stamatis maintains an active musical career that includes performance, research and pedagogy. Performances have taken her all over the world, including Fontainebleau, France, Venice, Italy, Leipzig, Germany and throughout Puerto Rico. She has also performed extensively in her native New York City, at venues such as Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Tenri Institute, Museum of Arts and Design and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Katrin has played in the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and the Chelsea Symphony, with whom she was featured as soloist in the Brahms Double Concerto. For thirteen years, Katrin was been principal second violin of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.

A devoted pedagogue, Katrin has been on the faculty of Drake University, the Calhoun School in New York City, and the Larchmont Music Academy. She has also taught and performed at the Fresno Orchestra Summer Academy in Fresno, CA. Katrin is currently co-director of the Summer String Academy at the University of Oklahoma, and she maintains a private studio in Norman, OK. She performs regularly with the Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble in Oklahoma City.

Katrin received degrees from Barnard College (BA), Mannes College of Music (MM), and the University of Oklahoma (DMA). She lives in Norman, OK with her husband, cellist Jonathan Ruck and their two daughters, Arianna and Galia.