Márta Hortobágyi Lambert, born in Greenville, North Carolina, began her musical journey on piano and violin before discovering her passion for the viola. A dedicated educator and arts advocate, Márta has taught at the Eisman Center for Preparatory Studies, Suzuki on the Island, Kinhaven Music School, and currently serves on the faculty of the Academy for Chamber Music at Seattle Chamber Music Society. She is also an Extra Musician for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Northwest Ballet. An accomplished chamber musician, Márta has performed with members of the Cleveland, Orien, and Cooperstown String Quartets, collaborating with artists such as Miriam Fried, Ida Kavafian, and Colin Carr. Her festival appearances include Donaueschingen Musiktage, Portland Chamber Music Festival, Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Prussia Cove, and Kneisel Hall, where she co-founded the prize-winning Blue Hill String Quartet. Márta attended Yale University, where she received the Dean’s Prize in 2019, and later earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School in 2024, receiving the Richard F. French Doctoral Prize for her dissertation The Viola as a Voice of Lamentation. In January 2024, Marta was appointed Director of Education and Community Engagement at Seattle Chamber Music Society, where she leads education-based community initiatives as well as the Academy for Chamber Music.