She also studied piano and viola and later was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra.

St. John began violin studies with Richard Lawrence in his home town at age 3, later studying viola.

He studied the violin and viola as a child, and conducted his high school choir.

In the 5th grade, he began studying viola and voice.

He says he would not have complained if he had to study viola or violin instead of cello.

At a very young age, Ma began studying violin, and later viola, before settling on the cello in 1960 at age four.

At 15 he entered the Children's School of the Leningrad Conservatory to study viola.

Minnie and Leonard met at Curtis, where she studied viola.

She grew up in Cambridge, Mass., studied piano and viola, then enrolled at Harvard as a premed student.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Stewart began studying the piano, violin, and viola as a child.