Richard Rood

Who is Richard Rood?

Richard Rood is an American violinist, and is one of the Concertmasters of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a 1st violinist of the New York City Opera, the Associate Concertmaster of the Santa Fe Opera, and Concertmaster of the Santa Fe Concert Association Orchestra.

Rood, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, was appointed membership with Orpheus after a history of regularly performing, touring, and recording with the group for 15 years. Rood is a principal player of the American Symphony Orchestra and was a principal player of Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival for fifteen years. He is also a member of the New York City Opera and American Ballet Theatre orchestras. He has performed in over 20 countries, appeared on over 75 recordings, been nominated for Grammy Awards for recordings with the Harmonie Ensemble, John Patitucci, and the Atlantic Symphonietta, and in 2000, as a member of Orpheus, he won a Grammy Award for the album Shadow Dances: Stravinsky Miniatures.

The New York Times praised him as "an especially fine young violinist", and the Newark Star-Ledger similarly raved that "he is worth his weight in gold".