RHIANNON BANERDT, VIOLIN
Violinist Rhiannon Banerdt made her solo debut at age 14 with the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has since made solo and chamber music appearances at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, New York's Weill Hall at Carnegie, and Boston's Jordan Hall, among others, with performances hailed by Edith Eisler of Strings Magazine as “real musicmaking–concentrated and deeply felt.” Ms. Banerdt is a founding member of the Ulysses String Quartet, winners of the First Prize at the 2018 Schoenfeld International Chamber Music Competition, Grand Prize at the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, First Prize at the 2017 American Prize Chamber Ensemble, and Silver Medal at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. The quartet are currently the first ever quartet-inresidence at GBH music in Boston, and previously served as the Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the Juilliard School for 2019-2022 academic years.
A recipient of the 2012 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award, Ms. Banerdt was invited to perform with the quartet in Jordan Hall. Other collaborations have included performances with the Emerson Quartet, the Chiara Quartet, Kim Kashkashian, Paul Biss, and Frans Helmerson. Ms. Banerdt has participated in numerous eminent chamber music festivals including La Jolla Summerfest, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Taos School of Music, and the Castleman Quartet Program.
Ms. Banerdt holds the position of Assistant Concertmaster with the Cape Symphony. Ms. Banerdt is currently a member of the violin and chamber music faculty at the Bloomingdale School of Music on New York City’s Upper West Side. In the fall of 2024, she served as visiting professor of violin at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music. Previously she was a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Brooklyn College 2016-2019 and a fellow at the flagship music education organization Community MusicWorks in Providence, RI from 2013-2015.
A native of Los Angeles, Ms. Banerdt attended the New England Conservatory, where she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with honors as a student of Lucy Chapman and Paul Biss, and the CUNY Graduate Center, where she studied with Mark Steinberg.
A recipient of the 2012 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award, Ms. Banerdt was invited to perform with the quartet in Jordan Hall. Other collaborations have included performances with the Emerson Quartet, the Chiara Quartet, Kim Kashkashian, Paul Biss, and Frans Helmerson. Ms. Banerdt has participated in numerous eminent chamber music festivals including La Jolla Summerfest, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Taos School of Music, and the Castleman Quartet Program.
Ms. Banerdt holds the position of Assistant Concertmaster with the Cape Symphony. Ms. Banerdt is currently a member of the violin and chamber music faculty at the Bloomingdale School of Music on New York City’s Upper West Side. In the fall of 2024, she served as visiting professor of violin at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music. Previously she was a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Brooklyn College 2016-2019 and a fellow at the flagship music education organization Community MusicWorks in Providence, RI from 2013-2015.
A native of Los Angeles, Ms. Banerdt attended the New England Conservatory, where she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with honors as a student of Lucy Chapman and Paul Biss, and the CUNY Graduate Center, where she studied with Mark Steinberg.
