Cybele D'Ambrosio is a prize-winning violinist, performing in concert halls from San Francisco to Sicily.

When she was four years old, she heard a violin solo on the radio and knew she wanted to make such music. On her fifth birthday she was given her first violin.

Growing up in the bay area, she studied with Anne Crowden. She performed with the Berkeley Youth Orchestra, the Young People's Symphony Orchestra, and served as concert mistress of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

She has a B.A. in Music Performance and Pedagogy from Brigham Young University where she co-founded the Hensel Piano Trio and twice won the university's concerto competition. She received an M.F.A. in Violin Performance and Literature from Mills College where she studied violin with David Abel.

Her commitment to the art of performing is balanced by her commitment to the art of teaching.

In Italy, she taught violin at Puglia's Accademia Musicale Mediterranea and founded and directed Taranto's youth orchestra Spiccato, as well as soloing with such groups as l'Orchestra Sinfonica Art Jonica, l'Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, and the BYU Chamber Orchestra on its tour of Europe.

She currently teaches violin and chamber music at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts. She has recently performed with the Pacific Chamber Symphony, the Villa Sinfonia, the Golden Gate Strings and gives frequent recitals with her pianist, Janice Button-Shafer.

Cybele lives in Berkeley with her husband, Max, and their four children.