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PETER SLOWIK

Profiled by the Strad magazine as “a man of limitless energy and purpose – he mentors high achievers who make their mark in top positions the world over,” Peter Slowik is one of the world’s most sought-after artist-teachers of viola. He has been a featured performer and teacher at seven International Viola Congresses, and has recorded on the Deutsche Grammophon, deutsche harmonia mundi/BMG, American Grammophone, Erato and Cedille labels.

Mr. Slowik is Robert W. Wheeler Professor of Viola at Oberlin Conservatory. Past teaching posts include Northwestern University, Indiana University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. He has been named to the highest teaching awards at both Oberlin (Teaching Excellence Award 2009) and Northwestern, (the McCormick Professorship for Teaching Excellence 1999). In 2002 Mr. Slowik was the recipient of the Maurice Riley Viola Award from the American Viola Society for “outstanding teaching, scholarship, and performance.”

His viola students have won first prize in numerous competitions, and Slowik students may be found in virtually every significant professional orchestra in the US (many serving in titled positions) and in university appointments throughout the country.

LINKS

• (Bio from the American Viola Society website: https://www.americanviolasociety.org/team/peter-slowik/)
• Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Slowik
• Faculty Profile Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6tlyZS92eE

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