MICHAEL LIEBERMAN

Michael Lieberman pursues a busy career as a chamber musician, orchestral player and teacher.  As violist of the Saint Helens String Quartet, resident ensemble at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Michael has performed extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest. During the 2000/01 season, he performed for the world premier production of Philip Glass's opera, "In the Penal Colony" written for a single string quintet that was on stage and in costume during the entire performance. With over a hundred performances in New York, Chicago and Seattle, the production was reviewed to critical acclaim. In 2007 Michael was the violist and music director for Tempo of Recollection, an innovative collaboration of chamber music, dance, drama, projected images and sound set in a 1920s Prague dance-hall bringing to life the music of Czech composer and holocaust victim, Erwin Schulhoff.  

As an orchestral musician, Michael has performed with the Los Angeles Opera, Oregon Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Northwest Sinfonietta, among many others. Since moving to Santa Barbara with his wife, fellow violist, Helen Callus, Michael has joined the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, performs regularly with Opera Santa Barbara and is much in demand as a freelance player in the region. Born and raised in Virginia, Michael studied at the Peabody Conservatory.