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Since taking up the position of Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra in April 1995, WILLIAM PREUCIL has appeared regularly as a soloist with the Orchestra in concerto performances at both Severance Hall and the Blossom Music Center.
Prior to joining the Cleveland Orchestra, Mr. Preucil served for seven seasons as first violinist of the Grammy-winning Cleveland Quartet, performing more than 100 concerts each year in the world’s major music capitals. Telarc International recorded the Cleveland Quartet performing the complete cycle of Beethoven’s 17 string quartets, as well as a variety of chamber works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms.
From 1982-1989, William Preucil served as Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, earlier holding the same position with the orchestras of Utah and Nashville. During his tenure in Atlanta, he appeared with the Atlanta Symphony as soloist in 70 performances of 15 different concertos. Composer Stephen Paulus’ Violin Concerto was written for and dedicated to Mr. Preucil, who premiered and then recorded it for New World Records with the Atlanta Symphony and conductor Robert Shaw. Mr. Preucil has also made solo appearances with the symphony orchestras of Minnesota, Detroit, Rochester, Hong Kong, and Taipei.
Mr. Preucil regularly performs chamber music, as a guest soloist with other orchestras, and at summer music festivals. His North American festival performances have included Seattle, Sitka, Sarasota, and Santa Fe, with international appearances in France, Germany, and Switzerland. Each summer, he serves as Concertmaster and violin soloist with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra in San Diego. Mr. Preucil also continues to perform as a member of the Lanier Trio, whose recording of the complete Dvorák piano trios was honored as one of Time magazine’s top 10 CDs for 1993. The Lanier Trio has also recorded the trios of Mendelssohn and Paulus for Gasparo Records.
Actively involved as an educator, Mr. Preucil is Distinguished Professor of Violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Maryland School of Music. He is a Global Music Network Artist on the GMN website and a member of the artistic advisory board for the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. He previously taught at the Eastman School of Music and at the University of Georgia.
Mr. Preucil began studying violin at the age of five with his mother, Doris Preucil, a pioneer in Suzuki violin instruction in the United States. At 16, he graduated with honors from the Interlochen Arts Academy and entered Indiana University to study with Josef Gingold. He was awarded a performer’s certificate at Indiana University and also studied with Zino Francescatti and György Sebök.
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