Katherine Palyga
SECOND VIOLIN
SEASON PARTNER
Musician of the OSM since
1986
Previous experience
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Regina Symphony
Grand Teton Music Festival, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Academics and teachers
Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School with Dorothy Delay and Felix Galimir
Indiana University with Josef Gingold
Private studies with Malcolm Lowe, Ivan Galamian, Howard Leyton-Brown, Elman Lowe, Francis Chaplin and Sally Thomas
Awards and scholarships
Canada Council for the Arts “B” Grants, (1981/82)
Favorite composers
Brahms and Shostakovich
Other occupations
I like cycling and cooking.
Favorite works
Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin
Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
Mahler’s Symphony No.5
