Lesley Robertson

Viola

After celebrating a final 34th year with the internationally celebrated St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ), Lesley Robertson (viola) continues at Stanford University (1998–present), where she and her St. Lawrence colleagues direct Chamber Music in the Department of Music. Ms. Robertson teaches viola, coaches chamber music, and spearheads both the Emerging String Quartet Program and the annual St. Lawrence Chamber Music Seminar at Stanford. A graduate of the Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School, she also holds a degree from the University of British Columbia, where she studied with her mentor Gerald Stanick. A founding member of the SLSQ, Ms. Robertson toured regularly with the ensemble, performing 100+ concerts worldwide per season (in Berlin, Florence, London, Paris, New York, and Toronto), while nurturing close ties to the Stanford community through performances in classes, dormitories, laboratories, hospitals, and Stanford’s glorious Bing Concert Hall. She participated in the Marlboro Festival for several years and toured with Musicians from Marlboro before co-founding the SLSQ. She has served on the jury of international competitions including the Banff, Melbourne, Geneva, and Wigmore Hall string quartet competitions. Summer festivals include Spoleto Festival USA, Norfolk, Banff, Santa Fe, Rockport, Bravo Vail, Music@Menlo, and more. Robertson plays a viola (1992) by fellow Canadian John Newton and a bow (2016) by François Malo.