Violist Eva Stern has been a member of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra since 2000. Diverse in experience as both a performer and teacher, Eva has given recitals and taught master classes across the United States and Eastern Europe. She has served on the faculties of Eastern Michigan University, Bowling Green State University, Virginia Commonwealth University and Longwood College. Previously she has been a member of the St. Louis Symphony, Richmond Symphony and Louisville Orchestra, and plays as a substitute musician
with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Oregon Symphony.

An avid chamber musician, Eva is a member of the Muse Ensemble with violinist Kyoko Kashiwagi and cellist Katri Ervamaa. She has appeared with numerous ensembles including the Chautauqua String Quartet, Michigan Chamber Players, Chamber Music Ann Arbor, Chamber Music at the Scarab Club and the American Romanian Festival. Stern is featured on a recording of works for viola, clarinet and piano released by Fleur de Son Classics. She has been praised for having “a rich, juicy tone and an agile technique” (Ann Arbor Observer, Allmusic.com). She holds a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she was a student and teaching assistant of George Taylor. Her undergraduate studies were at Purchase College- State University of New York, where her principal teachers were Walter Trampler and Daniel Philips. Eva is also a Pilates and movement teacher. She maintains a private Pilates studio in Norfolk,
Virginia, and teaches movement workshops for musicians throughout the country. In addition, she teaches Pilates for Balance through the Chautauqua Special Studies program.