Violinist Charles Castleman Appointed to Miami's Frost School of Music Faculty

It has been announced that 73 year old American violinist Charles Castleman has been appointed as Professor of Violin at Miami's Frost School of Music.

“The appointment of Charles Castleman is a watershed moment for the Frost School of Music,” Dean Shelton G. Berg has said, “ ... he is one of the world’s greatest and most beloved mentors in music.”

A student of Ivan Galamian, Josef Gingold,Henryk Szeryng and David Oistrakh, Mr Castleman has served on faculty at the Eastman School of Music, at the University of Rochester, New York since 1975.

Mr Castleman will join the Frost School on a part-time basis from August 15th this year - and as a full-time Professor in September of 2015.