Blythe Teh Engstroem
About
American violist Blythe Teh Engstroem studied violin with Nelli Shkolnikova and viola with Atar Arad at Indiana University Bloomington. A passionate chamber musician, she has collaborated with Menahem Pressler, Yuja Wang, Daniil Trifonov, Lisa Batiashvili, Joshua Bell, Renaud Capuçon, Leonidas Kavakos, Pinchas Zukerman, Lawrence Power, Nobuko Imai, Steven Isserlis, Klaus Mäkelä and the Quatuor Ébène. She was a member of the Quatuor Terpsycordes (Switzerland). Blythe has performed at numerous festivals in Europe and is a regular soloist at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. She was instrumental in the creation of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra under Gábor Takács-Nagy, and has been the Chamber Orchestra’s concertmaster and currently leads the viola section. She has also been guest leader at the Salzburg Camerata. Blythe plays on a beautiful Maggini viola, on generous loan from a private benefactor.