Rebecca Reale

First Violin

Deanie and Jay Stein Chair

Member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2017

Rebecca Reale joined the first violin section of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2017, and was appointed to her current fixed chair in 2021.

Prior to joining the LA Phil, she served as Principal Second Violin of the Houston Symphony and a member of the New World Symphony. She has also performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Mercury Baroque Ensemble, and Spoleto Festival Orchestra.

As a passionate chamber musician, Reale is a frequent performer on the Los Angeles Philharmonic chamber series and the Green Umbrella contemporary music series. She also loves teaching and has led master classes and coached sectionals at New England Conservatory, Boston University, Princeton University, YOLA, and New World Symphony.

Originally from upstate New York, Reale began studying the violin when she was 2 ½ years old. Her love of music brought her to Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Boston when she was 14 to study with Boston University professor Peter Zazofsky. She then received her Bachelor’s degree in violin performance from Rice University, where she studied with Kathleen Winkler. Reale and her husband reside in Hollywood with their two dogs: a spunky boxer mix named Mowgli, and a sassy Frenchie named Callisto.

Rebecca joins fellow ensemble members in performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall on February 6, 2026.

Rebecca performs "Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss at Walt Disney Concert Hall on September 26, 2025.

Reale plays chamber music with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for "Mozart, Shaw & Smith" on May 20, 2025.

Rebecca Reale and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic backstage in 2025.

Portrait of Rebecca Reale captured during the backstage video portrait session on February 27, 2026.

Rebecca Reale Rehearses Gabriela Ortiz’s "Yanga" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

“You can’t call up Brahms or Beethoven and be like ‘How do you want this to be played?’” says violinist Rebecca Reale in this behind-the-scenes look at Oritz's massive work for chorus and orchestra, Yanga, at Walt Disney Concert Hall.