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From ANN SCHEINs first recordings for Kapp Records, and her highly acclaimed Carnegie Hall recital debut as an artist on the Sol Hurok roster, her career has earned her high praise in major American and European cities and in more than 50 countries around the world. Ms. Schein has performed with renowned conductors including George Szell, James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, James de Preist, David Zinman, Stanislaw Skrowacewski and Sir Colin Davis, and with major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Washington National Symphony, London Philharmonic, London Symphony and BBC Symphony Orchestra. She performed at the White House during the Kennedy administration. In 1980-81, Ann Schein extended the legacy of her teachers, Mieczyslaw Munz, Arthur Rubinstein and Dame Myra Hess performing six concerts of the major Chopin repertoire in Alice Tully Hall throughout an entire season to outstanding reviews and sold-out houses it was the first Chopin cycle presented in New York in 35 years. With soprano Jessye Norman she has appeared in cities across the United States , as well as a tour in Brazil . The artists are featured in songs of Alban Berg on Sony Classical. Between 1966 and 1986, EARL CARLYSS was a member of the Juilliard String Quartet during which time he performed over 2100 concerts and recorded more than 100 works. Three of their recordings, the Debussy and Ravel Quartets, the Schoenberg Quartets, and the Beethoven Quartets, received Grammy Awards for the Best Chamber Music Recording of the Year. Since 1960 the quartet has been in residence at the Library of Congress inWashington, D.C. and, for 9 years, at Michigan State University . In 1984 they were awarded the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts at MSU. Mr.Carlyss,who was born in Chicago ,began violin studies at the age of 10.Between 1955 and 1957 he attended the Paris Conservatoire, studying violin with Roland Charmy and chamber music with Jacques Février. In 1957, he entered the Juilliard School as a pupil of Ivan Galamian, and in 1962 he made his recital debut in New York . Prior to joining the Juilliard String Quartet, he served as concertmaster of the New York City Ballet Orchestra. Mr. Carlyss has been the Director of the Aspen Center for Advanced Quartet Studies since 1984. Between 1986 and 2001 he was the first holder of the Sidney M Friedberg Chair in Chamber Music at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. He currently directs the Seminar for String Quartet Literature for freshmen at the Juilliard School in New York City . He is married to pianist Ann Schein, with whom he plays frequent concerts and duo recitals.