Matthew Daline (Assistant Professor of Viola). American musician, Matthew Daline enjoys an international career as a chamber musician and viola soloist. He began his studies on violin with Michele Auclair of the Paris Conservatory, and continued his studies on the viola with Martha Strongin Katz and Marcus Thompson of the New England Conservatory. He received his Bachelor's Degree from The Juilliard School where he was a Teaching Assistant for Karen Tuttle and his Master's Degree from Yale University where he studied with Jesse Levine. While pursuing the Doctorate of Musical Arts at The State University of New York, Stony Brook, Daline has worked with Katherine Murdock and served as a Teaching Assistant for the Department of Music.

At the age of fifteen Daline won the Northwest Young Artists Competition and performed the Bruch Violin Concerto with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. As a violist, he has performed nationally and internationally, winning many top prizes in international competitions. Daline was the top prizewinner at "The Artists International Competition, 1999", in New York City which provided a debut recital in Carnegie Hall. An avid chamber musician, he has performed at numerous international festivals including The Banff Center for the Arts, Canada; The Spoleto Festival, Italy; The Verbier Academy, Switzerland; The Tanglewood Festival; The Music Academy of the West, The New York String Orchestra Seminar and The Sarasota Music Festival.

Daline has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and principal violist in most of the major concert halls of North America including recent performances in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and at Carnegie Hall. Daline performs on a Brescian Viola from the 17th century, labeled Gasparo Da Salo in Brescia, most likely from the school of Gasparo Da Salo. Daline is a member of the American Viola Society, the American String Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association. During the summer he has been a faculty member of Rencontres Musicales Internationales Des Graves in Bordeaux, France and The Marrowstone Music Festival, USA.  This summer 2007 Mr. Daline will be teaching at the Killington Music Festival and the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival.

Matthew Daline
School of Music
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2504
Voice: 225/578-2675
Fax: 225/578-2562.
E-mail: mdaline@lsu.edu

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