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Margaret Batjer Margaret Batjer made her first solo appearance at age fifteen with the Chicago Symphony in Menotti's Violin Concerto. Since then, she has been re-engaged by the Chicago Symphony and has appeared with a succession of major orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Seattle Symphony, the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, the San Jose Symphony under the direction of George Cleve and the Dallas Symphony conducted by Gunther Herbig. Ms. Batjer recorded the Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor with Salvatore Accardo and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for Philips. She has since made numerous chamber music recordings for EMI, Nuova Era, and the Dynamic labels. She most recently recorded the Bach Concerto for Two Violins with Hilary Hahn and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for Duetsche Grammaphone, and the Ned Rorem “Water Music” for BMG. Ms. Batjer has also performed as soloist throughout Europe with orchestras including the RTE Broadcast Orchestra in Dublin, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the Flemish Chamber Orchestra, the Halle Symphony Orchestra at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Claus Peter Flor. Margaret Batjer graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music as a student of Ivan Galamian and David Cerone. Throughout her career, she has won numerous prizes including the G.B. Dealey Awards in Dallas. Equally respected as a chamber musician, Ms. Batjer has performed regularly at the Marlboro Music Festival and on tours with "Music from Marlboro." She has appeared at the Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest, Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, the Naples and Cremona Festivals in Italy. At the invitation of Maurizio Pollini, she performed with the Quartetto Accardo and Maestro Pollini, at the Salzburg Festival in 1995 and 1999, and on the Carnegie Hall “Perspectives” series in 2001. Ms. Batjer has held the position of Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra since 1998, where she regualarly leads the orchestra from the concertmaster chair. In 2001, she performed the Beethoven “Triple” Concerto with Jeffrey Kahane, Yo-Yo Ma and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. She has also performed the complete Beethoven and Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Jeffrey Kahane at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles. In 2005, she joined the faculty of the Thornton Music School at USC. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Joel McNeely, and two children, Joshua and Claire. Recommended recordings:
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