Julia Lichten received degrees from Harvard, Radcliffe and the New England Conservatory, followed by two years of study at the Mannes College of Music. Her principal teachers were Paul Tobias and Mischa Nieland. Ms. Lichten has toured, both in the United States and internationally, with Musicians from Marlboro, the American Chamber Players and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Under State Department sponsorship, she presented a month-long series of recitals and master classes in Europe. She has participated in the festivals of Marlboro, Tanglewood, Taos, Library of Congress, Caramoor, Rockport and Evian. An active recitalist, she has performed in such venues as Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities. Ms. Lichten has performed with such groups as the New Jersey Chamber Music Society, Bargemusic, Perspectives Ensemble, New York Philomusica, Da Camera of Houston and La Musica. She has recorded for the Marlboro Recording Society, Koch International Classics, Music Masters, Sony Classical and (with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) for Deutsche Grammophon. She is a member of the cello faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and SUNY-Purchase and has taught at the Perlman Music Program.