Artist

Désirée Elsevier

Viola
Birthplace: Buffalo, NY
Joined the Met: 1987
Education/Career Highlights: BS Economics – Cornell University; BM, MM Viola – Manhattan School of Music, studying with Lillian Fuchs and Karen Tuttle; Member World Orchestra for Peace, Valery Gergiev conductor; Assistant Principal Viola – Orchestra Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy; Coach at Chamber Music Conference, Bennington, VT. dce2@cornell.edu