Born in Detroit, Michigan on August 31, 1952, Grammy Award-winner Kim
Kashkashian is acknowledged as one of the world’s top violists. Born to
Armenian-American parents, her interest in music was spurred by the Armenian
folk songs that her father would sing when she was young. At the age of eight,
she began playing the violin but switched to the viola four years later while
attending the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. Kim Kashkashian
earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore,
Maryland) and a Master of Music degree from the New...