2026 American Viola Society Festival: Presenters & Performers, Edward Klorman

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2026 American Viola Society Festival

Presenters & Performers

Edward Klorman

Edward Klorman

Edward Klorman is a violist and scholar active at the intersection of music analysis, historical musicology, and music performance. He is Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music. He is the author of two books from Cambridge University Press: Mozart’s Music of Friends and Bach: The Cello Suites. 

As modern violist, he has performed as guest artist with the Borromeo, Orion, and Ying Quartets and with the Lysander Trio. As baroque violist, he has performed in recital with harpsichordist Hank Knox and with Arion Orchestre Baroque, Berkshire Bach Society, Les Boréades de Montréal, and Les Temps Perdus. Edward Klorman has previously taught music analysis and coached chamber music at The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, McGill University, the Aaron Copland School of Music, and the Music@Menlo festival.