Kyle Andre Lombard, violinist, hails from Kansas City, Missouri, and is enjoying his sixth year as faculty at Washington University’s College of Arts and Sciences..  He graduated with honors from Indiana University, earning the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, and received his Masters Degree from Yale University.  A student of Miriam Fried and Peter Oundjian, Mr. Lombard enjoys a variety of musical activities.  As a chamber musician, Mr. Lombard has performed throughout Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. He has recently performed on chamber music programs at Carnegie Hall and at the Ravinia Festival’s “Rising Stars” series.  As a core member of the Ritz Chamber Players, he featured in the University of Washington’s esteemed “World Series of Chamber Music,” and features regularly in a residency at the esteemed Morehouse College. Recent performances include the International Sawdust, in Brooklyn, N.Y.   As a member of the Goffriller Piano Trio, Mr. Lombard’s performances were broadcast on Israeli Public Radio during Isaac Stern’s 3rd  International Chamber Music Encounters in Jerusalem.  He also performed, as a member of the Gateways Chamber Music Ensemble, in a weeklong residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  

As a soloist, Mr. Lombard made his debut with the Kansas City Symphony. At age sixteen, he was the first area musician ever invited to perform with the ensemble.  He has also concertized with the Savannah Symphony, the Sphinx Symphony, multiple times with the Columbia (MO) Civic Orchestra, as well as recitals at the MOJA Festival in Charleston, S.C. and on the recital series at Southern Illinois University.  Mr. Lombard was also featured in “Young Heroes of Music”, a live radio broadcast for Classic 99 FM of Saint Louis, and in the 2016-17 season was a featured recitalist at his “second home” of the Ritz Chamber Players in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mr. Lombard has been performing with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra since 1999.  Numerous tours have included many trips to Carnegie Hall, as well as other esteemed venues.  Mr. Lombard also performs with five chamber music ensembles, including the Chamber Music Society of St. Louis, Chamber Project of St. Louis, the Vox Populi of Polk State University and the Missouri Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Lombard has, for the past several seasons, joined the quartet faculty at the Sphinx Performance Academy, a rigorous platform, moving from Philadelphia to Cleveland and New York City, all over the course of six weeks. Here, the most talented minority string players learn the skills, work ethic and realities of a career in music. The graduates have been admitted to all of the most prestigious conservatories in the country. A more frequent guest of major studio houses, Mr. Lombard was part of the titanic 2019 collaboration of Sony Studios film “The Lion King”, which is the highest grossing animated feature film in history. He has also played on film soundtracks of St Louis’ most celebrated vocal artists, and featured in “Complete Gamer”, a tribute to St. Louis Cardinals great Bob Gibson, and was heard at every home game in the 2019 season. 

Mr.Lombard performs on a violin by Gennaro Vinaccia, Napoli, 1775, and tries his best to keep it out of the hands of his two sons, Ellis and Rowan, ages 3 and 6. His lovely wife, Jennedy, is already encouraging their musical development, with the piano and violoncello being early favorites.