Erich A. Eichhorn
Applied Faculty, Violin
Graduate String Quartet Coach
Orchestral Repertoire Studies

Music & Communication Building, Room 413
216. 687-2033 (message)
E.Eichhorn@csuohio.edu

Erich A. Eichhorn, adjunct professor of violin, is a native of Germany. Mr. Eichhorn has recently retired from a 40 year career with the Cleveland Orchestra where he was the first violinist holding the Paul and Lucille Jones Chair. Before joining the Cleveland Orchestra in 1968, Mr. Eichhorn was principal second violin with the Buffalo and St. Louis symphonic orchestras. In 1961, he graduated from the Musikhochschule Stuttgart, Germany, with a Concert Artist Diploma for Violin and Piano Duo. The recipient in 1965 of the German Industry Prize of the Arts for violin-piano duo, Mr. Eichhorn served as the Assistant Concertmaster for the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart from 1960 through 1966. That same year he began his musical career in the United States. Mr. Eichhorn serves on the music faculty of Cleveland State University where he teaches violin studies, and coaches chamber music and orchestral repertoire. He previously served at both the Blossom Festival School and Encore School of Strings where he coached chamber music. Active in chamber music throughout his life, Mr. Eichhorn founded The Cleveland Octet in 1978, a chamber music ensemble consisting of all Cleveland Orchestra musicians. The group has given concerts throughout the United States and abroad. Its recording of the Schubert Octet is available on Sony Classic CD.