Livermore-Amador Symphony
Concertmaster
Kristina Anderson
Kristina Anderson began her violin studies at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, with Berl Senofsky. She continued her study with Jascha Brodsky at the New
School of Music in Philadelphia and studied orchestral music with the concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Fritz Siegel. She spent summers performing at the Tanglewood Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, and taking master class from Aaron Rosand at the Académie d’Eté in Nice, France. Anderson began her orchestral career in the first violin section of the New Orleans Philharmonic. She subsequently became concertmaster of the Colorado Springs and Charlotte symphonies. She has also appeared as guest concertmaster of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, Oakland Ballet Orchestra, and Pocket Opera in San Francisco. Anderson has performed internationally as a tenured member of the New York City Opera National Company Orchestra and has performed as violin soloist with the Santa Cruz and Diablo symphonies as well as our own Livermore-Amador Symphony.
Anderson has been concertmaster of the West Bay Opera Orchestra in Palo Alto since 1989, concertmaster of the Diablo Symphony since 1996, and concertmaster of the Santa Cruz Symphony since 1999. She took her position as concertmaster of the Livermore-Amador Symphony in 2008.
Active in music education, Ms. Anderson coaches the Santa Cruz Youth Symphony violins and is a coach at the Youth Music Monterey summer camp. She gives music presentations in the Santa Cruz County Schools and at community clubs such as the Scotts Valley Rotary Club. Anderson also enjoys private teaching. She resides in San Leandro with her husband, Steven, who is a professional trumpet player and teacher.
photo by Van Zantes
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