Anthea Kreston - Viola

Violinist Anthea Kreston has received numerous awards for her chamber collaborations including honors at the Melbourne and Banff International Competitions, the Grand Prize at the Concert Artists Guild Competition, and Top Prize in the Munich ARD International Chamber Music Competition. The San Diego Reader said of her: "...Anthea is a soloist of the Heifetz-Shaham-Vengerov caliber, whose musical instincts could make even a mere bagatelle thrill the soul and stir the senses to a frenzy." She made her solo debut at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and tours actively with her piano trio, The Amelia Piano Trio.

Anthea holds a B.A. in Women's Studies from Cleveland State University and a performance degree from the Curtis Institute of Music. She is a professor of violin and viola at the Hartt School of Music, where she received her Master's Degree, as well as at Wesleyan University. She has studied with Almita and Roland Vamos, Felix Galimir, Ida Kavafian, and Phil Setzer.

Anthea is actively involved with alternative music; she played in the Cleveland-based rock band Daria for several years, and frequently performs with her violin and percussion duo Sweet Thunder. Anthea can be heard on the labels Cedille Records, Channel Classics, Koch, and Traditional Crossroads.