Daniel Panner enjoys a varied career as a performer and teacher. As violist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, he concertized throughout the United States and Israel. He is co-chair of the string department of Mannes, where he also teaches viola and chamber music. He has also taught at Juilliard, SUNY Stonybrook, Queens College, and the Jerusalem Music Center. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic; he has toured with Musicians from Marlboro and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has performed with the Juilliard String Quartet, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, the Flux String Quartet and the Moscow Conservatory Trio. He has served as the principal violist of the New York City Opera and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and he received the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award.