Barbara Westphal, viola

Westphal is a viola professor at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, Germany, and is a featured soloist with orchestras in Europe and the U.S. She plays in the string trio, Gaspara Da Salo, with Ani Kavafian and Gustav Rivinius. Westphal won the 1983 Munich International Viola Competition and also has been awarded the Busch Prize. Her recordings can be found on the Bridge, Wergo and CPO labels. For seven years, she played in the Delos String Quartet. Additionally, she has been featured as the guest artist at many events including the: Santa Fe Chamber Music and Music from Marlboro Festivals, and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Westphal has been on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1989.