Deborah Buck, violin
Deborah Buck has built a rich and varied musical career as chamber musician, concertmaster, professor, soloist, and artistic leader. For seventeen years, Ms. Buck was a member of the Lark Quartet where she concertized, commissioned, and recorded works by many of America’s most celebrated composers. As an active recitalist, in 2020, Ms. Buck received two commissions: one for solo violin by John Harbison entitled DeBut, and another for violin and piano entitled Fantasia on Beethoven’s Spring Sonata by Bruce Adolphe. Subsequently, in October 2021, Ms. Buck recorded the Suite for Solo Violin by John Harbison. Most recent performances have been with pianist, Orli Shaham for the Kauffman Center’s Musical Storefront series (NYC) and at the Music for Food series (NYC). For the past five years, Ms. Buck has led the Stamford Symphony (CT) as its Acting Concertmaster and was the tenured Concertmaster of the Brooklyn Philharmonic from 2008-2013. Ms. Buck is Assistant Professor of Violin and Head of Strings and Chamber Music at SUNY Purchase. She is also Co-Director, and Faculty Concert series curator of the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont. She is a graduate of both the Juilliard School and the University of Southern California where she studied with Dorothy DeLay, Masao Kawasaki, and Robert Lipsett.