Steven Staryk had a distinguished solo career and was concertmaster of several major orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
13 Facts About Steven Staryk
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Steven Staryk appeared frequently as soloist in violin concertos with these orchestras.
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Steven Staryk pursued further violin studies with Albert Pratz at The Royal Conservatory of Music and in New York City.
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Steven Staryk is listed in The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada and 23 international publications including The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
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Steven Staryk's awards include the Shevchenko Medal, the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal, an honorary doctorate of letters from Toronto's York University, and arts awards from the Canada Council.
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Steven Staryk was runner-up to Salvatore Accardo in the International Competition for Musical Performers in Geneva, 1956.
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Steven Staryk performed many violin concertos from the standard repertoire with these orchestras.
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Steven Staryk was offered the concertmaster position with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1963 but chose to pursue solo work at that time.
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Steven Staryk is a well known master teacher and many of his pupils hold various positions in major orchestras, chamber groups and professional music schools around the world.
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Steven Staryk has taught at the Amsterdam Conservatory, Northwestern University and the American Conservatory in Chicago.
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Steven Staryk was a member of the Oberlin String Quartet, a founding member of Quartet Canada at University of Western Ontario and led the CBC String Quartet and formed the Staryk-Perry Duo.
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Steven Staryk served as the first Canadian adjudicator for the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1982.
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In March 2009, Steven Staryk started distribution of his recently completed 30-CD anthology of his performances from 1952 to 2003.