Teaching

Viola
Chamber Music

Education

B. Mus. and Performer’s Certificate – Eastman School of Music
M. A.  New York University (Humanities and Social Thought)

Bio

Maria Lambros has performed as a chamber musician throughout the world as a member of three of the country’s finest string quartets in venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, New York’s Lincoln Center and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. She was a member of the renowned Ridge String Quartet, which was nominated for the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for their recording of the Dvorak Piano Quintets with pianist Rudolf Firkusny on the RCA label. She was also a founding member of the Naumburg Award-winning Meliora String Quartet, which was Quartet-in-Residence at the Spoleto Festivals of the U.S., Italy and Australia, and which recorded Mendelssohn’s Octet with the Cleveland Quartet on the Telarc label. She was most recently a member of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, which continues to perform internationally.

Maria Lambros appears regularly at a number of major chamber music festivals, including those of Helsinki, Aspen, Vancouver, Santa Fe, La Jolla, Caramoor, Norfolk, Rockport, Skaneateles, Eastern Shore, Bard, Cascade Head, Chamber Music West, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival and the Chateau Series in Turin, Italy. She was a member of the Ridge Ensemble, with which she toured the U.S. and recorded the Dvorak Piano Quartet, Op. 87 with Rudolf Firkusny. She has also performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, DaCamera Society of Houston, with flutist Paula Robison at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has performed with the Guarneri, Cleveland, Juilliard, Muir, Brentano, Borromeo, Colorado and Orion Quartets, among others. She attended the Eastman School of Music, where she received the prestigious Performer’s Certificate. A devoted teacher, Ms. Lambros is currently a member of the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music and has been on the faculties of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, Harvard University, University of Delaware, Florida State University and the Longy School of Music. She is a faculty member of the Yellow Barn Music School and resides in Baltimore, MD, with her husband, cellist Michael Kannen and their son, Daniel.

Studies with Martha Katz, Donald Weilerstein, Joyce Robbins, members of Budapest, Cleveland, Juilliard, and Tokyo quartets. Former member Meliora, Ridge and Mendelssohn String Quartets. Currently member of La Fenice. Naumburg, Coleman, Fischoff Chamber Music Awards. Grammy nomination for Best Chamber Music Recording and Diapason d'Or. Recordings on RCA, Telarc, and CRI. Performances throughout North America, Europe, and Australia including Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jordan Hall, Library of Congress. Guest artist with Guarneri, Juilliard, Cleveland, Orion, Muir, Brentano, Borromeo String Quartets, Peabody Trio, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Da Camera of Houston, Context. Festival appearances at Santa Fe, Spoleto, Tanglewood, Aspen, La Jolla, Mostly Mozart, Norfolk, Skaneateles, Yellow Barn. Former faculty, Harvard University, University of Delaware, Purchase College Conservatory of Music.