Irene Breslaw
A former Naumburg Scholarship winner and graduate of The Juilliard School, Irene Breslaw joined the viola section of the New York Philharmonic in August 1976. She was named assistant principal viola in 1989. Prior to joining the orchestra, Ms. Breslaw was a member of both the St. Louis and Baltimore symphonies. In May 2001, Ms. Breslaw celebrates 25 years as a member of the New York Philharmonic.
An active chamber musician, Ms. Breslaw appears regularly with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles. In the summers of 1993 and 1995, she traveled to Finland to perform chamber music with several of her Philharmonic colleagues and to coach members of the VIVO Youth Orchestra, an experience she found extremely rewarding.
When not on the stage of Avery Fisher Hall with her colleagues, Ms. Breslaw is at home in Hollis Hills, New York, where she lives with her husband, Dr. Daniel Grapel, and their two children, daughter Michal and son Ilan.
Manhattan School of Music faculty since 1998.
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