Cynthia Roberts, violin

Cynthia Roberts is one of America's leading baroque violinists and has appeared as soloist, leader, and recitalist throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. She has served as concertmaster of the New York Collegium, Clarion Music Society, and Les Arts Florissants. She performs regularly with Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, and the Carmel Bach Festival. She has appeared with the London Classical Players, Taverner Players, American Bach Soloists, and Smithsonian Chamber Players and was featured on the soundtrack of the film Casanova. She toured as concertmaster of Musica Angelica with John Malkovich inThe Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer and appeared as soloist with the New World Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas. Ms. Roberts teaches at the Juilliard School, the University of North Texas, and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. She has given master classes at Eastman, Indiana University, the Cleveland Institute, Cornell, Rutgers, the Minsk Conservatory, the Leopold Mozart Zentrum in Augsburg, the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Shanghai Conservatory, and the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique in Santes, France. Her recording credits include Sony, Analekta, and BMG/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.