Michael Angelo Larco, Viola

Biography

Violist Michael Angelo Larco's performances across Europe, Asia, and the United States have taken him to the stages of Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, The Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, and Teatro Ponchielli (Cremona, Italy). He has collaborated in concert with Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman, and Cleveland Quartet violinist Donald Weilerstein.  Recent appearances have included performances at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society with tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (West Palm Beach), Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Skaneateles Festival, Chamber Music Rochester, and Monadnock Music (NH).

In 2005, Mr. Larco was appointed Assistant Principal Viola of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.  He has served as principal violist of the Juilliard Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur and James Conlon and has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and String Orchestra of New York. Mr. Larco was a founding member (2000-2005) of New York City based Fountain Ensemble.

Mr. Larco received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory, and Samuel Rhodes. In 1999, Mr. Larco was awarded the Frank Huntington Beebe Scholarship for studies in Europe. While living in Italy during 1999 - 2000, he studied both at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria with Thomas Riebl and in Cremona, Italy with Bruno Giuranna. Mr. Larco has taught at The Hartt School and in New York City at the School for Strings, Diller-Quaile School of Music, and St. David's School.