He is a violinist and violist who started his musical lessons as a child in London, England before relocating to Canada where he took his further studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts, the University of Cincinnati and Vancouver Academy of Music.
He went on to perform with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and as concertmaster with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. He became a member of the violin section of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in 1985/6 and twelve years later became Principal Violist for the orchestra in 1997, remaining in that position until 2018.
Performing as a chamber musician he is a co-founder of the Sempre la Musica chamber series and Quartetto Capiliano. He has played with many chamber ensembles located in Edmonton, Thunder Bay and Calgary among others.
In the field of musical education he is a teacher of the viola and violin at a studio in Edmonton.
His wife is the violinist and business owner Debra Belmonte, who had also performed as a member of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
He performs here….
Sources:
- https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-eso/meet-the-musicians/strings/stefan-jungkind/
- http://www.scena.org/pdf-files/tms4-3west.pdf
- https://issuu.com/suggitt/docs/eo2_barber/37
- https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/9740d2d3-9db0-4ecb-8b3a-2a7558369b3a/view/90c4a019-3861-471a-8601-c3abaca0362d/1986-10-15.pdf
- https://wildroseantiquecollectors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dig-Pick-02-2015.pdf