Helen Callus

British-born violist Helen Callus has achieved international prominence as a concerto soloist, chamber music player, and, in her adopted country of the U.S., educator, arts administrator, and journalist. Callus was born in Orpington in Britain's county Kent outside London. She began studying music at age six and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Ian Jewel. After graduating, she was designated an Associate and then a Fellow of the RAM, while also moving on for graduate study at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Callus made her recording debut in ...