tom dziekonski, violin Violinist Tom Dziekonski studied with Vilem Sokol at the University of Washington, where he graduated with honors in Music, Arts, and Electrical Engineering. He also studied with Daniel Majeske, late concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra. He was concertmaster of the Seattle Youth Symphony, where he received the inspirational award and returned as guest soloist. Tom is the first violinist in the Metropolitan String Quartet, which premiered "In The Penal Colony", the chamber opera by Philip Glass, in Seattle, Chicago and New York. They have performed with famed soprano Frederica von Stade, and on the Governor's Chamber Music concert series. He also plays first violin with the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and plays occasionally with the Seattle Symphony and with Seattle Opera, where he also performed on-stage roles in costume. Tom also plays electric violin in the musical cast of Teatro ZinZanni; a 70's vintage Barcus Berry, airbrushed in Day-Glo acrylics.

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