Scott Slapin

Scott Slapin’s viola playing has won critical acclaim in Fanfare, The Strad, the American Record Guide, Mundo Clásico, and Musical Opinion. His compositions have been performed by hundreds of violists worldwide. Many of his Neo-Romantic works are featured on albums by the Wistaria String Quartet, the American Viola Quartet, the Penn State Viola Ensemble, Viola Around the World, and the award-winning Slapin-Solomon Viola Duo. A trailblazing soloist, Scott has premiered new music at Carnegie’s Weill Hall and international viola congresses. Notably, he is the first person to have recorded J.S. Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas on the viola. He can also be heard on soundtracks for film and television playing his own music, solo Bach, and Paganini Caprices. (He’s recorded all 24.) Scott’s career began early; at eighteen, he was one of the youngest graduates of the Manhattan School of Music.