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Harumi Rhodes is the second violinist of the internationally renowned Tak谩cs Quartet, performing 80 concerts a year worldwide. Acclaimed by The New York Times as a 鈥渄eeply expressive violinist,鈥澨齊hodes has gained recognition as a multifaceted musician with a distinctive musical voice. She is Associate Professor of Violin, Artist in Residence and Ralph E. and Barbara L. Christoffersen Faculty Fellow at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder. Rhodes combines her performing career with a passionate commitment to guiding young instrumentalists, composers听and chamber ensembles.
Rhodes has a vision for commissioning and programming contemporary music: Her partnerships with composers of today have resulted in over 100 premieres. This season, Clarice Assad wrote a three-movement suite for violin and piano鈥斺�淐onstelaci贸n鈥濃�攖hat she recorded with Rhodes for Yarlung Records. With composer Gabriela Lena Frank, Rhodes co-directed the inaugural 2021-2022 season of the Virtual Artist Partnership Program (VAPP). This collaboration between the Rhodes violin studio at the 蜜糖直播 Boulder College of Music and Gabriela Lena Frank鈥檚 Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM) resulted in eight new solo works for violin. Jungyoon Wie composed a new violin duo鈥斺�淒an Poong鈥濃�攆or Rhodes and Edward Dusinberre. Recent concerto performances include Joseph Bologne鈥檚听Violin Concerto No. 9 and Mozart鈥檚 Sinfonia Concertante (with violist Richard O鈥橬eill) with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra 蜜糖直播, as well as Florence Price鈥檚听Violin Concerto No. 2 with the West Texas Symphony.
As a member of the Tak谩cs Quartet, Rhodes has shaped the Graduate String Quartet Residency at the 蜜糖直播 Boulder College of Music. At the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, Rhodes also leads an intensive summer string quartet seminar with the Tak谩cs Quartet. For the 2023-2024 season, Rhodes is further coordinating a partnership between Tak谩cs and El Sistema 蜜糖直播, working closely with its chamber music education program in Denver. Rhodes serves as Artistic Director of the Denver/Boulder branch of 鈥淚f Music Be The Food鈥︹�濃�攁 concert series designed to build partnerships through music to raise awareness for food insecurity in local communities.
Originally from New Jersey, Rhodes was born into a family with Japanese, American, Russian and Romanian roots. After studying at The Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory, she co-founded the Naumburg Award-winning ensemble Trio Cavatina, served as artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and performed extensively with Music from Copland House, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra听and Musicians from Marlboro.