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Castleman, Charles (Martin) American violinist and teacher b. Quincy, Mass.,May 22,1941.

He began violin lessons at the age of four with Ondricek. When he was only six he appeared as a soloist with Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orch. At nine, he made his solo recital in Boston. He was a student of Galamian at the Curtis Inst. Of Music in Philadelphia (1957-63), and also received coaching from Gingold, Szeryng, and Oistrakh. He likewise pursued his education at Harvard Univ. and the Univ. of Pa. In 1964 he made his formal debut at N.Y.’s Town Hall. In 1970 he organized the Quartet Program, an innovative workshop in solo and chamber music performancess. It celebrated its 30th anniversary under his direction in 1999. From 1972 to 1975 he was a member of the New String Trio of N.Y. In 1975 he became prof. of violin at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. He also played in the Raphael Trio from 1975, which made tours of the U.S. in a series of Haydn, Beethoven and Dvorak cycles. The trio also played much contemporary music, including Bischof’s Trio 89 at the Vienna Festival in 1989. On May 2, 1981,Castleman was soloist in the premiere of Amram’s Violin Concerto with the St. Louis Sym.Orch. under Slatkin’s direction. That same year he performed all of Ysaye’s 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin at N.Y.’s Alice Tully Hall. His engagements as a soloist have led to appearances with orchs. in Boston, Chicago, N.Y., Philadelphia, Mexico City, Moscow and elsewhere.He has also appeared at many festivals in the U.S. and abroad. As a teacher, he has presided over numerous master classes around the globe. NS/LK/DM= (Nicolas Slonimsky/ Laura Kuhn/ Dennis McIntire)

CORRECTED AND UPDATED Castleman, Charles (Martin) American violinist and teacher b. Quincy, Mass.,               May 22,1941. He began violin lessons at the age of four with Ondricek. When he was only six he appeared as a soloist with Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orch. At nine, he made his solo recital debuts at Jordan Hall in Boston and Town Hall in N.Y..(1.) In 1950-1 Aaron Richmond’s Celebrity Series he was co-featured with Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz and Isaac Stern (2.). He was a student of Galamian at the Curtis Inst. Of Music in Philadelphia (1959-63), and also received coaching from Gingold, Szering and Oistrakh. He likewise pursued his education, receiving AB and MA degrees from Harvard Univ. and the Univ. of Pa. In 1963 he was a Silver Medalist at the Queen Elisabeth Concours in Brussels,(3.) and in 1966 was a Bronze Medalist at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.(4.) His debut in 1963 with Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy playing Wieniawski’s difficult f sharp minor Concerto was significant enough that David and Igor Oistrakh and Henryk