Musicians Bios – Rachel Ostler
Instrument/Position:
Violin, co-concertmaster
Education:
Yale University School of Music (Master of Musical Arts) Colburn Conservatory of Music (Master of Music)
Joined the Symphony:
2026
Other orchestras/ensembles/festivals you have or currently play with:
Currently: Naples Philharmonic (Co-Concertmaster) Previously: Atlanta Symphony (5yr membership), San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra
Most memorable musical experience:
Performing the Bach St. Matthew’s Passion with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus several years ago– a completely immersive and transcendent experience for me.
If you weren’t a musician, what would you be doing:
I was interested in cognitive disorders from a young age; if violin had not found me early on I probably would have ended up going in that direction. I’m fascinated with the field of music cognition on the whole. (Oops, that’s still music.)
Hobbies:
Hiking, Books (and books and books), philosophy, poetry, tennis, and latin dance
Favorite vacation spot:
The Isle of Capri
What three things can always be found in your refrigerator:
a mediterranean salad, Greek yogurt, and chilled oranges
If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be:
Be grateful, and remember the future belongs to the bold.
Do you have a “bucket list” piece of orchestral music that you have yet to play:
I’d love to play Strauss’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, but more than that I’d love one of these days to experience an entire Wagner Ring Cycle in Bayreuth.
