Photo credit: Nicolas Lieber

Photo credit: Nicolas Lieber

Pamela Frank

1999 Avery Fisher Prize Recipient; Violinist; Co-Founder of Fit as a Fiddle; Member of the Avery Fisher Artist Program’s Executive Committee

An interview with Pamela Frank conducted August 21, 2019 by Gerry Albarelli for the Columbia Center for Oral History, Avery Fisher Artist Program Oral History Project. 

Violinist Pamela Frank received the Avery Fisher Prize in 1999.  In 2007, she joined the Executive Committee of the Avery Fisher Artist Program. Following her recovery from a career-threatening injury sustained in 2012, Pamela Frank co-founded Fit As A Fiddle, a collaboration with physical therapist Howard Nelson, to assist musicians with injury prevention and treatment.