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Tantillo received his Bachelor\u2019s of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Stanley Konopka, and continued his graduate studies with Robert Vernon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">Tantillo joined the viola section of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in 2006. Prior to that, he performed with the San Diego Symphony and the New World Symphony, in Miami Beach, Florida. He is a sought after chamber musician, and frequently collaborates with The Chamber Music Society of Saint Louis as well as The Ariel Concert Series, The Missouri Chamber Music Festival, and The Bach Society of Saint Louis. A major advocate of new music, he frequently performs in the SLSO\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody',serif;\">Live at the Pulitzer<\/span><\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">, the orchestra\u2019s contemporary music series. He first joined the The Sun Valley Music Festival in 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">He maintains a large teaching studio and has had students go on to major in viola performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan, among others.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">He lives in Saint Louis with his wife, Rebecca, and their son.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16305,"template":"","class_list":["post-11387","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"instrument_department":"Viola","sun_valley_title":"Assistant Principal","home_organization_title":"St. Louis Symphony","performance_dates":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chris Tantillo - Sun Valley Music Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Tantillo - Sun Valley Music Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chris Tantillo, a native of Long Island, New York, began playing the violin at the age of seven. 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