Graduating Student Recital • VIRTUOSITY OF THE VIOLIN IN THE 17TH CENTURY • Ambrose Philipek, violin

Ambrose Philipek was born and raised in Salem Oregon in a robust school music program. He first became interested in violin after hearing a fiddler while camping in Louisiana. He began playing violin in fourth grade and continued through highschool during which he discovered baroque violin. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue violin with Dr. Tomas Cotik at Portland State University and graduated in 2020. He also began taking baroque lessons with Anthony Allen from 2016-2021. In 2021 he moved to Boston to pursue a masters for Baroque violin. He currently studies with Dana Maiben and Sarah Darling at Longy School of Music where he expects to graduate in May of 2023.
Ambrose enjoys performing on many different instruments in many different styles including: baroque/modern violin, baroque viola, medieval vielle and tenor viola da gamba. Ambrose is experienced with music from the 13th century to the present day. He currently plays with Harvard Baroque Orchestra and the Berklee studio orchestra. In the past Ambrose has performed with the Portland State University orchestra, Oriana Consort, Portland Ballet Theatre orchestra, and St John’s Bach cantata orchestra.