Luosha Fang

Luosha Fang 方萝莎
Background information
Born	Shanghai, China
Genres	classical
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Violin and Viola
Website	www.luoshafang.com

Luosha Fang (Chinese: 方萝莎) is an American-Chinese violinist and violist based in NYC and a violin instructor at Bard College.[1]

Fang studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ida Kavafian and Shmuel Ashkenasi and at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid as a viola student of Nobuko Imai. She won first prize in the 2019 Classic Strings International Competition in Vienna [2][3] and the 2018 Tokyo International Viola Competition, and has collaborated with numerous composers, such as American composer Michael Djupstrom as well as with the Almanac Dance Circus Theatre and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. She was formerly the violist in the Pavel Haas Quartet.[4]

She plays the 'Josefowitz' 1690 Andrea Guarneri viola.[5]

Discography

With Albany Symphony Orchestra

• Unforgettable: the music of Tsontakis (Naxos, 8.559826, 2017) [6]

With Pavel Haas Quartet

• Brahms Piano Quintet In F Minor, Op. 34 - String Quintet In G Major, Op. 111 (Supraphon, SU 4306-2, 2022)[7]

References

1. "Bard Conservatory Faculty". 17 September 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
2. "The Strad: Luosha Fang wins viola section of Vienna Classic Strings competition". Retrieved May 16, 2024.
3. "The Violin Chanel: Prizes Awarded at Vienna Classic Strings International Viola Competition". 17 May 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
4. "The Strad: Pavel Haas Quartet at 20: Coming home". Retrieved May 16, 2024.
5. "Luosha Fang Biography". Retrieved February 11, 2024.
6. "Naxos: Luosha Fang Biography". Retrieved May 16, 2024.
7. "Supraphon: A new album has been recorded". Retrieved May 16, 2024.