Violist Caitlin Lynch has performed across the globe in collaboration with artists from Itzhak Perlman to Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood. She is violist of the Aeolus String Quartet, violist and co-Artistic Director of the Grammy-nominated conductorless chamber orchestra A Far Cry, and founder and Artistic Director of Project Chamber Music: Willamette Valley.

Praised for her “deep, chocolate-rich voice” (Washington Classical Review) and “lush sound and splendid advocacy” (Boston Music Intelligencer), Ms. Lynch’s “effervescent…stellar” (Oregon ArtsWatch) performances as a chamber and orchestral musician, soloist with orchestra, and recitalist have spanned fourteen countries across five continents – including performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House, the Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts, and the United Nations. Her performances frequently appear on PBS Great Performances: Now Hear This, Performance Today, NPR, WQXR, and American Public Media. Festival appearances include performances at Caramoor, Halcyon, Methow Valley, Mozaic, Perlman Music Program, Ravinia, and Yellow Barn Music Festivals. She performed on the Experiential Orchestra’s Grammy Award winning album featuring Dame Ethel Smyth’s “The Prison.”

A proponent of music being written today, Ms. Lynch has collaborated closely with composers Caroline Shaw, Meredith Monk, Shelley Washington, Juantio Becenti, and more. Passionate about education, she frequently gives masterclasses around the country and has served as chamber music faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts Chamber Music Camp and for Perlman Music Program residencies in Tel Aviv, Israel and Sarasota, Florida. Ms. Lynch performs on an 18th century viola made by English luthier William Forster, and thanks to the generosity of the Five Partners Foundation, a 2020 viola by Samuel Zygmuntowicz.