Join ACMP’s Executive Director Stephanie Griffin for a lively discussion and Q and A with violinist Harumi Rhodes. Harumi is the daughter of two famous chamber musicians: Stephanie’s former viola teacher, Samuel Rhodes (Juilliard Quartet) and violinist Hiroko Yajima (Mannes Trio.) Find out more about Harumi’s early life in that celebrated chamber music milieu, and about her journey as she established her own career as the second violinist of the world-renowned Takács Quartet.

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Harumi Rhodes is the second violinist of the internationally renowned Takács Quartet, performing 80 concerts a year worldwide. Acclaimed by the New York Times as a “deeply expressive violinist”, Rhodes has gained recognition as a multi-faceted musician with a distinctive musical voice. She is Associate Professor of Violin, Artist in Residence and Ralph E. and Barbara L. Christoffersen Faculty Fellow at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Rhodes combines her performing career with a passionate commitment to guiding young instrumentalists, composers, and chamber ensembles.

Originally from New Jersey, Rhodes was born into a family with Japanese, American, and Ukrainian roots. After studying at the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory, she co-founded the Naumburg Award-winning ensemble Trio Cavatina, served as artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and performed extensively with Music from Copland House, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Musicians from Marlboro.