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William Preucil was appointed concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra in 1994. Prior to joining the Orchestra in April 1995, Mr. Preucil served for seven seasons as first violinist of the renowned Cleveland Quartet. As a member of the Quartet, Preucil performed more than 100 concerts each year in the world's major musical capitals and recorded for Telarc International the complete cycle of Beethoven's seventeen string quartets, as well as a variety of chamber works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Brahms.
Previously, Mr. Preucil served for seven years as concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony, after earlier holding the same position with the orchestras of Utah and Nashville.
Actively involved as an educator, Mr. Preucil currently teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is a member of the artistic advisory board for the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. He previously held positions as professor of music at the Eastman School of Music and distinguished lecturer in music at the University of Georgia. At the age of 16, he graduated with honors from the Interlochen Arts Academy and entered Indiana University to study with Josef Gingold (Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster from 1947-60). He was awarded a prestigious performer's certificate at Indiana University and also studied with Zino Francescatti and Gyorgy Sebok. |
