Biography
Born in New York City, violinist Tristan Siegel is traveling the world earning a reputation as a new and exciting young classical musician. He is the Assistant Concertmaster of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, one of the oldest ensembles formed in the United States. In addition to his orchestral interests, Tristan is an avid and active chamber musician having recorded chamber works by Beethoven in the Spring of 2019 on the NAXOS Label as part of their 250th Anniversary Collection of Complete Beethoven Works. He also performed Schoenberg's 4th Quartet in collaboration with Jorja Fleezanis and Stephen Wyrczynski in their renowned "Embraced by the Second Viennese School" series at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a member of the Apex Ensemble (formerly the Montclair Orchestra), and has performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, and the New World Symphony.
Tristan has participated in numerous festivals and chamber music series including the Gstaad Menuhin Festival Academy, Taipei Music Academic Festival, Pacific Music Festival, the Sarasota Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West, Round Top, the New York String Orchestra Seminar, and The Alexander Schneider Series at the Mannes School of Music. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in numerous New York venues including Steinway Hall, Merkin Hall, Alice Tully Hall, WMP Concert Hall, and the Weill, Zankel, and Perelman Stages at Carnegie Hall. Tristan was a semi-finalist in the 2016 Stulberg International String Competition.
Since September 2024, Tristan has served as Creative Strategist for IMSLP — the world's largest online digital library of public domain music scores — collaborating with some of the most prominent names in classical music to develop and produce video content across social media platforms, from concept and filming through editing and audio production.
In addition to his performing career, Tristan maintains an active teaching studio comprised of students of all levels, with posts at the Elisabeth Morrow School in Englewood, NJ and the Diller-Quaile School of Music in New York, NY. As an undergraduate, he studied violin pedagogy under Dr. Brenda Brenner and Mimi Zweig in collaboration with the IU String Academy. Tristan is Suzuki Certified and a member of the Suzuki Association of America.
Tristan received a Performance Certificate in Orchestral Performance from the Manhattan School of Music studying with Lisa Kim and David Chan. He holds a Masters of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Tai Murray, and graduated from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University with a BM and PDSP in Violin Performance studying with Alex Kerr, alongside a BA in Chinese with a focus in business and political science. Tristan was awarded a full Graduate Tuition scholarship, maintained a spot on the Dean's List throughout his studies, and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
This balance of performing, creating, teaching, and intellectual curiosity beyond music is what Tristan believes should be the aim of every musician — to be a well-rounded and flexible member of society. The more dynamic and adaptive a musician can be, the better person they can become.
Tristan has been generously granted extended use of a 1945 Arturo Fracassi violin by the Chimei Museum in Tainan, Taiwan.
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