Jerome Simas | clarinet
Jerome Simas, a member of the San Francisco Symphony and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, is professor of clarinet, bass clarinet, and chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. As a music educator, he has taught master classes at leading conservatoires and universities in the US, Canada, and …
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble | chamber ensemble
Founded in 1992, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble is a consortium of 13 San Francisco Bay Area musicians illuminating familiar masterpieces while revealing the expressive power of the music of our time. They receive critical acclaim for performances of both new and old music. The Financial Times of London praised their …
Anna Presler | violin
Anna Presler, longtime member of Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and its artistic director, teaches violin and chamber music at the School of Music at California State University, Sacramento. Living since the 1990s in Berkeley, California with her husband, cellist Leighton Fong, she enjoys local bakeries, the company of friends, and …
Eckart Runge | cello
Founder of the renowned Artemis Quartet, with which he performed for three decades in all major concert series and festivals worldwide, in 2019 Eckart Runge left the quartet to pursue new artistic challenges, pursuing solo projects and a passion for programs that combine varied musical genres and art forms. Since …
Ori Kam | viola
Violist of the Jerusalem Quartet, Ori Kam regularly performs both as a soloist and in ensemble on some of the world’s premier stages, collaborating with artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Pierre Boulez, Gil Shaham, and Emmanuel Pahud. He founded the Israel Chamber Music Society …
