Larissa Mapua is a Filipino-American violist based in Chicago. She performed Debussy’s String Quartet, Op.10 at the U.S. Capitol for the 114th U.S. Congress, and a solo viola recital for Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Philippines. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. In 2023, she shared the stage with pop singer-songwriter Halsey and jazz artist Laufey during their U.S. tours. She recorded for Deutsche Grammophon in the Netflix film Maestro, under the batons of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and actor Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein. She was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and The Orchestra Now. Additional honors include awards by the National Federation of Music Clubs, Asian/Pacific American Council of Georgia, and Filipino-American Association of Greater Atlanta. She received her Bachelor of Music at DePaul University and Master of Music at Indiana University. Her teachers include
Edward Gazouleas, Rami Solomonow, Matthew Daline and Allyson Fleck.