The Ensemble Villa Musica (EVM) is a chamber group that has garnered much praise for its spirited performances in varied repertory since its founding in 1990. The number of players in the ensemble can vary according to the work performed, typically expanding from a duo to a quintet or all the way to a nonet, though the number of ensemble members is nearly 20 and can thus accommodate larger works. The group's repertory is broad, encompassing compositions by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Hindemith, Martinu, as well as contemporary composers such as Penderecki and Hans Werner Henze. The ensemble has recorded for the German label MDG and for Naxos.

Ensemble Villa Musica was founded in 1990 when a group of principal players from several of Germany's major orchestras assembled for master classes in Mainz under the state-sponsored Villa Musica foundation. The players decided to form the group with no limitations in repertory, but with a focus on neglected masterworks of the past. Most of the members retained their posts in orchestras and/or on the faculties of universities or music schools.

Boris Garlitsky

Described by the conductor Kurt Masur as a 'musician of high intelligence and flexibility, with a wonderfully rounded tone', Boris Garlitsky has achieved international eminence as both a soloist and as a chamber musician. His solo career began in 1982 when he won the Italian Paganini Competition. Since then, he has appeared as a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Radio Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; and in chamber music with a series of internationally eminent musicians, including Martha Argerich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pinchas Zukerman, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Truls Mork, Maria-João Pires, and others.

Boris Garlitsky is an active participant in several international music festivals, including the Pablo Casals Festival in France, Mostly Mozart in New York, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and Gidon Kremer’s Chamber Music Festival at Lockenhaus in Austria. He has recorded for RCA, Naxos, Chandos and Polymnie. He took part in the inaugural Camerata Musica season of 2006/7.