Justin Goldsmith has forged a multifaceted career as a performer, teacher, and community-builder. He joined the Euclid Quartet in 2022 and is currently based in South Bend, Indiana. He was born and raised in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, and began violin lessons at the age of 4 before switching to the cello at age 9. Chamber music, and the string quartet in particular, became a prominent interest early on in his musical life - according to play count on iTunes, the music he listened to most in high school was Radiohead’s “OK Computer” and the Emerson Quartet’s recordings of Beethoven’s Razumovsky quartets. After studying with cellists Julie Diesslin August, Peter Seidenberg, Julia Lichten, and David Geber, Justin began his undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music with Felix Wang. After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in cello performance, he continued his studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he received a Master’s Degree under the tutelage of Peter Stumpf.
While in Indiana, Justin formed the Vera Quartet, which then completed two-year residencies at Indiana University and the Curtis Institute of Music. He was also a Community Artist Fellow at Curtis for two years, a fellowship position in which fellows coordinate service-based musical projects with community partners in Philadelphia.