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Kathryn Lucktenberg
(541) 346-2855
kathluck@uoregon.edu
Kathryn Lucktenberg is an associate professor
of violin. Prior to joining the University
of Oregon faculty in 1993, she was concertmaster
of the Honolulu Symphony for 11 seasons.
A fourth-generation violinist, Lucktenberg
entered the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia
at age 15. She completed high school there
and earned her Bachelor of Music from Curtis
in 1980, studying with Jascha Brodsky, Jaime
Laredo, and Ivan Galamian.
Lucktenberg's professional debut was with
the Philadelphia Orchestra, performing the
Barber Violin Concerto. She was a national
winner in the competition arena and a semifinalist
in the Indianapolis and Flesch International
Competitions. She now serves on adjudicating
panels, and regularly sends her own students
to major competitions.
Other credits include performances with the
Honolulu, Savannah, and Augusta Symphonies,
and as a member of the Kasimir String Quartet
on a highly acclaimed tour of England, France,
and Italy. She has performed widely in the
western United States and Asia with conerts
in Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, New Zealand, and
Hawaii. She has given recitals at Washington
D.C.'s Kennedy Center, the Musician's Club
of New York, and has performed on the popular
Bargemusic series in Brooklyn. Lucktenberg
is a regular participant in the Grand Teton
Music Festival and the Oregon Bach Festival.
Lucktenberg has taught master classes internationally,
in the Pacific Northwest, and in the southeastern
United States. She has also served on the faculty
of the Grand Teton Orchestral Training Seminar.
While in Hawaii, she co-founded and co-directed
the Honolulu Academy of Arts' "Academy Camerata"
series. During a recent tour of Asia, she served
as a visiting professor for the University
of Otago in New Zealand.
In addition to solo engagements, Lucktenberg
concertizes extensively in the Pacific Northwest
with the Oregon String Quartet and as a member
of Trio Pacifica. She has recorded for CRI
and Koch labels.
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