Pamela Frank

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Pamela Frank is an American violinist, equally well known as a soloist and as an exponent of chamber music.

She was born in New York City, the daughter of two pianists, Claude Frank and Lilian Kallir. She studied under Shirley Givens using the Givens Method, unlike many of her contemporaries, who generally begin with the Suzuki Method as children. She began her performing career in 1985, when she appeared with Alexander Schneider and the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. In 1999 Pamela Frank was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists.

She is on the faculties of the Peabody Institute, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

She is married to violinist Alexander Simionescu.

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