Katerina Lewis is a freelance performer and teacher of viola and violin whose diverse interests and talents have served her well in starting a thriving career in her hometown of Atlanta, GA. Katerina began her musical studies at age eleven under the baton of renowned string teacher Earl Kuutti. By 14, she was performing professionally, and by 16, she had started her own teaching studio.
Katerina received a Bachelor of Music degree in music performance from Converse College in 2007. At Converse, she served as principal violist in the Converse Symphony Orchestra, held a contract with the Spartanburg Philharmonic and helped launch an international chamber music festival hosted by Converse in Grantham, England. Katerina then went on to earn her master’s degree in Music Performance at Georgia State University, where her studies with Tania Maxwell Clements encouraged her to broaden her ideas of what a professional musician’s career could be like.
Since finishing graduate school in 2009, Katerina has worked as a substitute musician for many local symphonies, performed with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra each year as a section member and starting in 2012 as the orchestra's principal violist, and worked as one-third of one of the most sought-after string groups in the Atlanta area, Luna Strings. She also teaches viola and violin to students of all ages in the Midtown and Dunwoody neighborhoods. In her free time, Katerina enjoys traveling, running, reading, eating oysters, watching baseball, and doing background work in film and TV productions.
