Masumi Rostad's Sound Post Series 3, Featuring the Smithsonian's $200+ Million Rare Instrument Collection

Listen to the Smithsonian's Stradivarius instruments!

Grammy Award-winning, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad is an active performer and professor of viola and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music. As a former member of the Pacifica Quartet for almost two decades, he also founded DoCha, a chamber music festival in Champaign, Illinois.

Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The third edition has returned, and its fifth episode features Eric Jacobsen, Simone Porter, Grace Park, and Masumi trying out the Smithsonian's Rare Instrument Collection.

Masumi and his friends sight-read through the Brahms G Major sextet and explore the Smithsonian's collection of 'decorated' Stradivarius.