Michael Larco

Viola

Member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2012

Michael Larco joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in July 2012 after serving as Assistant Principal Violist of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 2005 to 2012.

He has collaborated in concert with Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman, Alisa Weilerstein, and Rachel Barton Pine. Recent appearances have included a Chicago Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert recital debut, broadcast live on WFMT, with pianist Soojin Ahn; performances at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society with tenor Anthony Dean Griffey; Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (West Palm Beach); Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall with Griffey and Warren Jones; Chamber Music Rochester (NY); Skaneateles Festival (NY); and Monadnock Music (NH). Larco was a founding member (2000–2005) of the New York City-based Fountain Ensemble.

He has served as Principal Violist of the Juilliard Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur, and James Conlon. In recent seasons, he has performed in the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. An active chamber musician and coach, Larco has been a faculty member at The Hartt School at the University of Hartford and The School for Strings (NYC). Most recently, he has coached alongside the Biava String Quartet at the David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar at The Hartt School.

Larco received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory, and Samuel Rhodes. In 1999, Larco was awarded the Frank Huntington Beebe Scholarship for studies in Europe. While living in Italy (1999–2000), he studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Thomas Riebl and in Cremona with Bruno Giuranna.