Marti Epstein

Title: Barcarolle for String Trio
Commission: 1998
Completed: 1999
Instrumentation: violin, viola, and cello
Premiere Location: First and Second Church of Boston
Premiere Ensemble: Adaskin String Trio
Notes: In memory of Earl Kim.

Marti Epstein is a Boston-based composer whose music has been performed all over the US and Europe. She has completed commissions for the Talea Ensemble and the Fromm Foundation, amongst many others. 

Marti was a two-time fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center (1986 and 1988) and a four-time fellow at the MacDowell Colony (1998, 1999, 2022, 2025). 

In 2020, Marti was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 2023 Marti was awarded a commission from Chamber Music America. 

Marti is Professor of Composition at Berklee College of Music/Boston Conservatory of Music.