Paul Neubauer

Violist Paul Neubauer’s exceptional musicality and effortless playing led the New York Times to call him “a master musician.” He recently made his Chicago Symphony subscription debut with conductor Riccardo Muti as well as his Mariinsky Orchestra debut at the White Nights Festival. Neubauer also gave the U.S. Premiere of the newly discovered Impromptu for viola and piano by Shostakovich with pianist Wu Han. 

Appointed principal violist of the New York Philharmonic at age 21, he has appeared as soloist with over 100 orchestras, including the New York, Los Angeles, and Helsinki philharmonics; National, St. Louis, Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, and Bournemouth symphonies; and Santa Cecilia, English Chamber, and Beethovenhalle orchestras. He has premiered viola concertos by Bartók, Friedman, Glière, Jacob, Kernis, Lazarof, Müller-Siemens, Ott, Penderecki, Picker, Suter, and Tower and has been featured on CBS’s Sunday Morning, A Prairie Home Companion, as well as in Strad, Strings, and People magazines.

A two-time Grammy nominee, he has recorded on numerous labels, including Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, RCA Red Seal, and Sony Classical. Neubauer is also the artistic director of the Mostly Music series in New Jersey and is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and Mannes College.