Martin Chalifour has held the prestigious post of Principal Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1995. In 1986, Mr. Chalifour received a Certificate of Honor at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and was a laureate of the Montreal International Competition the following year. Since then he has concertized extensively, playing hundreds of concerto performances in a repertoire of more than fifty works. He has appeared as a soloist with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit and Christoph Eschenbach. Mr. Chalifour began his orchestral career as Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony in 1984. Subsequently, he occupied the same position for five years with the Cleveland Orchestra where he also served as Acting Concertmaster. Martin Chalifour is a frequent guest at other summer music festivals, including the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, the Sarasota Music Festival, and the Ottawa International Music Festival. Maintaining close ties with his native French province of Quebec, he returned last summer to teach master classes and perform as a soloist with the Quebec Symphony. Chalifour is also a professor at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. He resides in San Marino, California with his wife Nancy and their children Stephanie and Eric.
