Michael Korn
Music Director

Michael Korn
Music Director

Born in Soviet Union, Michael Korn received musical training in violin in Novosibirsk, at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow and at the University of Tel-Aviv where his teachers included Z. Bron, G. Zhislin, and Y. Kless. 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. He serves as a music director and conductor of the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sharon Chamber Community Orchestra in Massachusetts as well as 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.