Fia Mancini Durrett is a professional concert violinist and music director of the Atlanta’s premier chamber music series: Fringe, www.fringeatlanta.org. Originally from Houston, TX, she made her debut (at 18) with the Houston Symphony, playing the Brahms Violin Concerto. Fia holds both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, where she served as concertmaster of both orchestras. An avid chamber musician, she was first violinist of the Basmati Quartet, 1998 winner of the Coleman National Chamber Music Competition, and second prize winner in the 1998 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. While at Juilliard, she founded the Andros String Quartet, finalists in the 2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and performed in many venues around New York City, including Brooklyn’s world-renowned Bargemusic, Columbia University and Alice Tully Hall. She is currently violinist of the Atlanta-based Phoenix String Trio, who made their May 2006 debut in Spivey Hall. Fia’s primary teachers were Kenneth Goldsmith, Masao Kawasaki, Paul Katz and Fred Sherry. She has lived in Atlanta with her husband since 2004 and has served as visiting professor of violin at Georgia State University and is a member of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra.