The Lydian Quartet has announced the appointment of Clara Lyons as its new violinist. Lyon will join the quartet and begin her appointment to the music faculty at Brandeis University from September 2024.
Lyon succeeds first violinist Andrea Segar, who left the quartet to take up the position of assistant professor of violin at the University of Colorado College of Music in Boulder.
Lyon was former violinist and director of programmes for the Chicago-based Spektral Quartet from 2014 to 2023. She has enjoyed a career as a soloist, chamber musician, improviser and curator, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award three times. She is currently co-artistic director of Decoda, Carnegie Hall’s affiliate ensemble.
A recipient of the Music Academy of the West Alumni Enterprise Award, and a prizewinner of the Irving M. Klein International Competition and the Schadt International Competition, Lyon has performed in solo and chamber music performances around the world in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, Reykjavik Arts Festival, NPR’s Tiny Desk, the American Academy in Rome, Miller Theater and the Banff Centre. She holds degrees from the Juilliard School and SUNY Stony Brook.
The Lydian Quartet, comprising violinist Julia Glenn, violist Mark Berger and cellist Joshua Gordon, is part of the Brandeis University faculty. The quartet will continue its work commissioning new pieces, bringing new life to the establish canon of string quartet literature, as well as mentoring the next generation of performers and composers.
