- Walter Prystawski
Walter Prystawski is a Canadian violinist.
Prystawski studied at the Faculty of Music,
University of Toronto and with Austrian violinist Wolfgang Schneiderhan.In June 2006 he retired as
concertmaster of theNational Arts Centre Orchestra inOttawa , Canada. He was the founding concertmaster of this orchestra in 1969.He is the former concertmaster of the
Lucerne Festival Strings and the Basler Orchester Gesellschaft in Basle, Switzerland. He has also been a member of theToronto Symphony Orchestra and the CBC Symphony.Prystawski also performs as a soloist and chamber musician.
He teaches in the Department of Music,
University of Ottawa .He was made a Member of the
Order of Canada in 2000.
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