MICHAEL HUSTEDDE, VIOLIN

Michael Hustedde is a native of Lexington, KY and has established a creative presence in Boston as a sought-after soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Described as "tightly articulated, pitch-secure" (Providence Journal), Michael has performed internationally at venues such as the Elbphilharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie, KKL Lucerne, Boston Symphony Hall, and Shanghai Symphony Hall. Locally, he has been a featured artist at venues such as the Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Lilypad, and Aeronaut Brewing Company. An avid chamber musician and founding member of the Denovo Quartet, he has performed at the Boston Conservatory, Alcyon Chamber Festival, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Harvard Business School, and Brookline and Somerville Libraries. He can also be heard with ensembles such as the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Marsh Chapel Collegium, Back Bay Chorale, New England Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony, Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra, and as a substitute for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, among others. Outside of Boston, he has also appeared as a guest artist at Deer Valley Music Festival, Austin City Limits Live Theater, and Pacific University, in addition to two tours to China with the Manhattan Symphonie.

A prizewinner at an early age, Michael won the Borchardt Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition and the Macauley Chamber Music Competition. He went on to study at Boston University with Bayla Keyes for his B.Mus. and Dana Mazurkevich for his M.Mus. Summer music studies include the Lucerne Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, Le Domaine Forget International Music Academy, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, and Brevard Music Center. In addition to his performance career, he is a Boston Chamber Music Society Teaching Artist working with young musicians at Somerville High School. He also serves on the music faculty at the Middlesex School in Concord, MA and the Note-Worthy Experiences Music Studio in Sudbury, MA. As a recording artist, he can be heard on Gothic Records with James Kallembach's Most Sacred Body and on the latest FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE Original Soundtrack.