American born, British-Israeli violist Maya Fields enjoys an active and versatile career as a soloist and chamber musician with Lincoln Center Stage, where she has performed internationally across North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.

 

In June, 2019, on behalf of the Cleveland Orchestra, she had the honor of accepting an invitation to perform as a featured guest soloist as part of the Cleveland Orchestra's Gourmet Matinee Series at the Blossom Music Center. Her other notable performances include appearances as a guest artist on Interlochen’s Public Radio, Cleveland, Ohio’s WCLV Ideastream, as well as a concerto appearance with Cleveland Heights High School's Symphony Orchestra.

 

A passionate orchestral musician, Fields has collaborated in concert under the batons of renowned conductors such as Marin Alsop, JoAnn Falletta, James Feddeck, Andrew Grams, Giancarlo Guerrero, Louis Langree, Jahja Ling, Brett Mitchell, Ruth Reinhardt, Osmo Vanska, Franz Welser-Most, and David Zinman, holding principal viola positions in several orchestras - Interlochen Arts Camp's World Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Eastman School of Music's Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory's Philharmonia Orchestra, and the National Orchestral Institute.

 

Born in Cleveland, Ohio into a family of musicians, Maya Fields began her musical studies at the age of four, studying violin with Callista Koh, before making the switch to the viola at the age of eleven, studying under the tutelage of Cleveland Orchestra violist, Lisa Boyko. Her other primary teachers include George Taylor, Catharine Lees, and Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Viola Performance from the Eastman School of Music as a recipient of the Howard Hanson Scholarship, and a Master’s Degree in Viola Performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, as a recipient of the Graduate Incentive Award, a full-tuition scholarship. Additionally, Ms. Fields earned a minor in Russian language from the University of Rochester.