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The founder of the Quartet, Lydia bears full responsibility for the name "Colorado" - the rest of us are from
Elsewhere. (After its inception at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the CQ moved to New York for training at
The Juilliard School. The other Coloradans have long since fallen by the wayside.)
Lydia, whom you may know by her first name of Deborah, is an ultra-runner and regularly runs races of 50 miles or more;
the 26 miles of a standard marathon hold little challenge for her now. She has completed one 100-mile run, and and has
run 75-95 miles on several occasions. With some recent personal best times, she now has a North American ranking as an ultra-runner.
She raises money for the Soundfest Scholarship Fund with "Miles for Music" pledges for her marathons -- her last
pledge race was a 3-day, 100 mile stage race in New York City.
Along with the other CQ members, Lydia teaches and coaches at Bard College; she has also taught at the Rafael Trio Workshop in Adamant, Vermont, and has lectured on Bartók at the European Mozart Academy in Poland. She plays a 1674 Italian violin by Francesco Ruggeri with an Etienne Pajeot bow circa 1800. Liddy lives in Teaneck, NJ, with her wild orange tabby, Oscar and Lucifer the black cat. |
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MORE BIOS: Julie Rosenfeld ~ violin | Marka Gustavsson ~ viola
Diane Chaplin ~ cello |