Luther Warren

Violinist and violist Luther Warren enjoys a varied career as a chamber musician and educator. As a performer, he has appeared at such festivals as Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Yellow Barn, Four Seasons, the Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop, IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Music from Angel Fire, and Taos School of Music. He has collaborated in concerts with Itzhak Perlman, Kim Kashkashian, Donald Weilerstein, Miriam Fried, David Shifrin, Colin Carr, Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Daniel Phillips, Steven Tenenbom, and Hsin-Yun Huang. He has also frequently appeared as a substitute violist for the Borromeo String Quartet.

Luther is a founding member and violist of ensemble132, a chamber-music collective whose work centers on presenting original arrangements of familiar works together with standard repertoire. Luther also performs regularly with LA-based contemporary chamber orchestra Delirium Musicum and, since 2018, has acted as violist of the Tempest String Quartet currently

in residence at the New England Conservatory. Luther has a keen interest in new music, and has collaborated in ensembles and individually with living composers Steven Mackey, Billy Childs, Gabriella Smith, Joan Tower, Aaron Jay Kernis, James MacMillan, Lior Navok, Kati Agocs, and Ethan Chaves.

As an educator, Luther has served as junior division chamber music faculty at the Heifetz International Music Institute as well as violin and viola instructor for Merrimack College, Thayer Academy, and the Performing Arts Center of MetroWest. He has presented masterclasses and residencies for East Carolina University, Queens College, and Texas Christian University and maintains an active private studio. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Luther served as a core team member and instructor for Boston Hope Music, a collaboration between Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, the New England Conservatory, and Eureka Ensemble to explore the use of music in healthcare settings.

Luther is currently studying in the doctoral program at the New England Conservatory where he has been mentored by Kim Kashkashian, Donald Weilerstein, and Miriam Fried. Additional principal mentors have included Erin Keefe and Mimi Zweig.