Benjamin Kreith is violinist in the Del Sol Quartet and an active performer of chamber music in both the United States and Europe. He has played recitals at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon, and the American Academy in Rome, as well as premiering solo violin works at the contemporary music festivals in Marseille and Strasbourg. His live recording of Christian Lauba’s Kwintus for violin solo was released on the Accord/Universal CD Morphing. Kreith co-founded the Ensemble Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, a group that was recognized for its innovative chamber series in Santiago de Compostela. He has also played with the Harvard Group for New Music, Barcelona 216, and as guest artist with the Ying Quartet, the Muir Quartet and friends, and the Österriechisches Ensemble für Neue Musik in Salzburg. With Alea III and conductor Gunther Schuller, he appeared as soloist in the US premiere of Schulhoff’s Concerto for string quartet. Kreith was 2006 Artist-in-Residence at the University of California, Davis where he performed Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto. He has also been featured as concerto soloist with the Butte, Sacramento, and New England Conservatory symphony orchestras. Kreith studied principally with Jorja Fleezanis, Malcolm Lowe, and Lorand Fenyves as well as chamber music with Louis Krasner. He has taught at the Escola de Música de Barcelona and the Escuela Maese Pedro in Madrid.