Beth Guterman Chu

Beth Guterman Chu joined the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in 2013 as Principal Viola. Previously, she was a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and toured the world as a chamber musician and recitalist. Outside of the orchestra, Chu is still an avid chamber musician, and has collaborated with many of today’s preeminent artists including Mitsuko Uchida, Gil Shaham, Lynn Harrell, Joseph Kalichstein, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, Augustin Hadelich, and James Ehnes. As a recording artist, she has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Tzadik, Naxos, and the CMS Studio Recordings. Chu has also performed as concerto soloist with many distinguished conductors including Hannu Lintu, Nicholas McGegan, Bramwell Tovey, Leonard Slatkin, and James DePreist.
During the summer Chu performs and teaches young musicians at the Marlboro Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and School, National Youth Orchestra-USA, and Taipei Music Academy and Festival.
As a teacher, many of her students have won principal or section jobs all over the world and have been accepted to the most prestigious conservatories. She taught a year at New England Conservatory on faculty and has taught both lessons and masterclasses at Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, NEC, and Indiana University.