One of a family of five musical sisters, violist Mary Hammann graduated from the Curtis Institute and the Mannes College of Music, studying with Michael Tree, Karen Tuttle, and Walter Trampler. She has collaborated with such old world chamber music masters as Felix Galimir, Eugene Lehner, Misha Schneider and Alexander Schneider, as well as members of the Guarneri Quartet. Ms. Hammann played principal viola under Alexander Schneider for the New York String Orchestra, as well as for Solisti New York. She has appeared in numerous chamber music festivals, including Marlboro Music, Grand Canyon, and Sarasota. As a concerto soloist, she has performed with the Jupiter Symphony at Lincoln Center and with Solisti for Mostly Mozart in collaboration with the Lar Lubovitch dancers. Her tours have taken her throughout the United States, Asia and Europe with such ensembles as Orpheus, Philomusica, Solisti, the Brandenburg Ensemble, the New Amsterdam Ensemble, and the Metropolitan Opera. A member of the Met Orchestra since 1992, Mary has recorded on Sony Classic and Deutsche Grammaphon, as well as on Koch.

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