Lawrence Dutton
Lawrence Dutton (born 9 May 1954) is an American violist, and a member of the Emerson String Quartet. He earned a bachelor's and master's degree from the Juilliard School where he studied with Lillian Fuchs.

He is on the faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, and at the Manhattan School of Music. Dutton has been the artistic advisor of the Hoch Chamber Music Series since 2001.  He collaborated with the late Isaac Stern in the International Chamber Music Encounters both in Jerusalem, Israel and Carnegie Hall. In 2015 the State University of New York Board of Trustees named Dutton to the Distinguished Rank. 

Dutton is married to violinist Elizabeth Lim-Dutton. They have three sons.

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1954 births
Living people
American classical violists
Juilliard School alumni
Manhattan School of Music faculty
Musicians from New York City
Classical musicians from New York (state)
20th-century violists
American academics