Michael Korn
Music Director

Michael Korn
Music Director

Born in Novosibirsk, Michael Korn received musical training in violin at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow and at the University of Tel-Aviv, continued his violin studies in Germany, and studied conducting in the United States. Since moving to the U.S. in 1997, Mr. Korn was a member of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and a founding member of the critically acclaimed Chagall Trio. He was the founder and music director of String Summit, the first youth chamber music festival in Alabama.

Michael Korn has performed as a soloist with orchestras and in recitals, and chamber music in the former Soviet Union, Europe, Africa, and the United States. Recently joining Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra as music director, Mr. Korn conducts the Hockomock YMCA Community Orchestra (formerly Sharon Chamber Community Orchestra). He is also a faculty-member of the Community Music Center of Boston where he teaches violin, viola and chamber music, and was assistant conductor of the CMCB Chamber Orchestra. In addition, Mr. Korn teaches violin and viola at the Boston Latin School and strings at the Boston Arts Academy Strings Outreach Program; and performs in the Boston area with the Boston Lyric Opera and Boston Classical Orchestra, chamber music, and solo recitals.