Meet studio founder Kirsti Petraborg

Violist Kirsti Petraborg

Is a passionate teacher. As member of Lux String Quartet, Kirsti has performed on concert series throughout the Midwest as well as teaching and performing in Colorado. Kirsti began her career as a chamber musician as a founding member of the Meadowlark Quartet. She currently performs with the Clear Water Chamber Players. Not only a Classical musician, Kirsti is a member of Charanga Tropical, one the few Cuban-style charanga groups in the United States.

Not only a chamber musician, Kirsti has soloed with Exultate Chamber Orchestra, the Southwest Minnesota Orchestra and the Oskaloosa Festival Chamber Orchestra. Her orchestral experience includes playing with the LaCrosse and Sioux City Symphony Orchestras. Kirsti has been an adjunct faculty member at Luther College as well as Southwest Minnesota State University. At her teaching studios in the Twin Cities area, her students hone their technique as well as learn the art of making music. She teaches at the Colorado Chamber Music Institute in the summers.  She has spent several summers at Lutheran Summer Music Festival and the Southwest Minnesota String Festival.

Energetic about sharing her love of the viola with others, Kirsti is currently on the board of the Minnesota V iola Society in the capacity of Past President. She received her doctoral degree in Viola Performance at the University of Minnesota, where she also earned her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees. She has studied with Korey Konkol, Sabina Thatcher, and Sifei Chang.