Astrid Schween is a cellist with the Juilliard String Quartet, which she joined in 2016.
Schween first heard a cello while listening to a concert at Tanglewood, she was three years old at the time.
[1] Schween began performing professionally in 1970 with the New York Philharmonic at the age of 16.
[2][better source needed] She studied cello at the Juilliard School, studied closely with mentor Jacqueline du Pré as well as Leonard Rose, Harvey Shapiro and Bernard Greenhouse.
[1] As a group, the Lark Quartet won multiple awards in 1990 including the Karl Klingler International String Quartet Competition and the Namberg Chamber Music Award in 1990.