Annie Fullard

Lauded for her “gleaming artistry, bravura and sensitivity” (Cleveland Plain Dealer), violinist Annie Fullard joyfully celebrates a life devoted to chamber music playing and is grateful for the deep collaborative bonds developed throughout her multi- faceted career. A leader in the field of chamber music advocacy and education, Annie views the empathy and connectivity of chamber music as a metaphor for the kind of communication that we should strive for between cultures and nations. Ms. Fullard is honored to embark on her new position as Director of Chamber Music, Professor and Sidney M. Friedberg Chair at The Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University and also currently serves as Distinguished Artist and Charles and Mary Jean Yates Chair in Chamber Music at The Robert Mc Duffie Center for Strings, Mercer University. On the horizon is a much anticipated book The Art of Collaboration: Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques & Teambuilding co-authored with Dorianne Cotter-Lockard, PhD to be published in 2024 by Oxford University Press. Fullard’s musical journey has included the opportunity to perform and teach extensively through the fifty states and abroad including appearances at The Perlman Music Program, New World Symphony, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Chautauqua, Festival, Kneisel Hall, Violins of Hope, Juilliard Summer Arts Program in Shanghai, Beaujolais (France) Stage 2019-present, and a Mozart Anniversary Tour of Austria and the Czech Republic. A founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, she and her colleagues are recipients of The Naumburg Chamber Music Award, The Cleveland Quartet Award (Eastman) and prize winning laureates of the Banff International, Fischoff, Coleman, and Carmel Chamber Music competitions. Described by the Washington Post as “completely engrossing, powerful and elegant” the Cavani Quartet’s artistic excellence, generous spirit, and their fervent ambassadorship for great music has placed them among America’s greatest string quartets. Quartet accolades include The Guarneri String Quartet Award for Artistic Excellence from Chamber Music America, Ohio Governors Award for The Arts, ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, and Musical America Magazine’s Young Artists of the Year. She and her colleagues have been featured on NPR’s Performance Today and “Says You” and the short documentary film TOGETHER! Beyond Beethoven with The Cavani Quartet.

Annie has served as a juror for the Washington International Competition, as well as the Fischoff, St. Paul String Quartet, and Chicago Young Artist Chamber Music Competitions. This past year Annie was proud to serve as Visiting Artist and Coordinator of String Chamber Music at The University of Michigan and previously served for thirty years as faculty and member of Quartet- in- Residence at The Cleveland Institute of Music where she and her Cavani colleagues directed, in collaboration with Peter Salaff, one of the country’s most well known and respected programs devoted to the serious study of chamber music.