Arnold Steinhardt is a violinist who is best known as the first violin of the Guarneri String Quartet. The Guarneri Quartet is an American string quartet founded in 1964, comprised as of 2005 of Arnold Steinhardt (1st violin), John Dalley (2nd violin), Michael Tree (viola), and Peter Wiley, cello. ...

He was born in 1937 in Los Angeles. His debut was with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 14. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Ivan Galamian and with Josef Szigeti. In 1958 he won the Leventritt International Violin competition. He has also extensively performed as a soloist. He lives in New York City, and the author of Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony, an account of his life in the string quartet. This article is about the largest city in California. ... The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, USA. From 1964-2003, the orchestra played its concerts in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. ... The Curtis Institute of Music is a music school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ...

• [1] Interview with Arnold Steinhardt.
• [2] Faculty bio at the Universit of Maryland as of 2003.