Russell Podgorsek, violist, composer, and electric guitarist, is currently a DMA student at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has studied with Donald Grantham, Dan Welcher, and Russell Pinkston. He is a graduate of both the Hartt School of Music (CT) and the University of Dayton (OH). Recent commissions include Reversal of Fortune by the Life/Art Dance Ensemble (CO), MicroSymphony by the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra (MD), and Lament and Lullaby by the Sudbury Youth Orchestra (ON). He was also recently featured as composer-in-residence for the Simsbury Chamber Music Festival (CT) with performances of his music by the New World Trio and Les Inegales.
Russell is a founding member of the Miklos Quartet, whose unique approach to music of all styles and perspectives has brought them on numerous tours and residencies throughout the Northeast and Midwest. As a member of the perceval duo he performed a number of his own works including Songs for the Sane and A Contest for the Future at the Woodstock Fringe Festival in Woodstock, New York. He has been awarded a number of grants and fellowships including several MetLife Creative Connections Awards.
Russell is a founding member of the Miklos Quartet, whose unique approach to music of all styles and perspectives has brought them on numerous tours and residencies throughout the Northeast and Midwest. As a member of the perceval duo he performed a number of his own works including Songs for the Sane and A Contest for the Future at the Woodstock Fringe Festival in Woodstock, New York. He has been awarded a number of grants and fellowships including several MetLife Creative Connections Awards.
