Gerardo Ribeiro (born 1950,
Oporto, Portugal
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) is a violinist who serves on the faculty of the
Bienen School of Music
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at
Northwestern University
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Charte ...
. He studied at the
Juilliard School of Music under
Ivan Galamian. He previously taught at
Central Michigan University,
Florida State University, and the
University of Rochester
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's
Eastman School of Music
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It offers Bachelor of Music ...
. In 2001, Ribeiro received a Recognition Award by the
Presidential Scholars Program
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.
In 2000, he won the highest Civilian Title of "Comendador" from his native Portugal. He serves on the faculty of the
Meadowmount School of Music, and in January 2006 was invited to the Australian String Academy Summer School, held in
Sydney. Ribeiro is a chamber music coach and appears for performance classes at the Midwest Young Artists pre-college music conservatory in Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
References
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1950 births
Living people
Portuguese violinists
Male violinists
Florida State University faculty
21st-century violinists
21st-century male musicians