Masumi Rostad's Sound Post Series 4, Featuring Violinist Martin Beaver

Learn more about Martin Beaver's 18th-century Bergonzi violin!

Grammy Award-winning, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad is an active performer and professor of viola and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music. As a former member of the Pacifica Quartet for almost two decades, he also founded DoCha, a chamber music festival in Champaign, Illinois.

Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The fourth edition has returned, and its fifth episode features Martin Beaver, first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet, and his 18th-century Bergonzi violin.