20 Facts About William Preucil

William Preucil was born on January 30,1958 and is an American violinist.

William Preucil played with the Cleveland Quartet, which won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 1997.

William Preucil was born on January 30,1958 in Dearborn, Michigan, to a musical family.

William Preucil later entered the Indiana University School of Music, where he earned a Performer's Certificate under the tutelage of Josef Gingold.

In 1982, William Preucil became the concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; he had previously served as the concertmaster of the Utah Symphony and the Nashville Symphony.

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William Preucil appeared as soloist with the orchestra in 70 performances of 15 different violin concertos.

In 1989, William Preucil left the Atlanta Symphony to become the first violinist of the Cleveland Quartet; he would remain so until the quartet's disbanding seven seasons later.

William Preucil recorded the complete Beethoven string quartets, as well as chamber works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms, for the Telarc label.

In 1995, William Preucil became the concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, serving until his termination in 2018.

William Preucil regularly appeared with the orchestra as soloist in concertos, and has appeared as soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra.

Each summer, William Preucil served as the concertmaster of the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra.

William Preucil is currently the violinist of the Lanier Trio, which has recorded the complete Dvorak piano trios and the trios of Mendelssohn and Paulus.

William Preucil was a longtime faculty member of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was serving as Distinguished Professor of Violin upon his resignation in 2018.

William Preucil served as Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Furman University before being terminated in 2018.

William Preucil previously served on the faculties of the University of Georgia and the Eastman School of Music.

On July 27,2018, Andre Gremillet, the Cleveland Orchestra's executive director, announced that the orchestra was suspending William Preucil with pay and investigating the claims made in the Washington Post.

On July 28,2018, William Preucil resigned from the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was dismissed from his post at Furman University.

On October 24,2018, William Preucil was fired by the Cleveland Orchestra following its investigation.

William Preucil was married to the violinist Gwen Starker-William Preucil, daughter of the famed cellist Janos Starker.

William Preucil's daughter, Alexandra Preucil, is a violinist; she previously served as Assistant Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra.