 He also holds the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.Dicterow's musical gifts became apparent when, at age 11, he made his solo debut with the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.Harold Dicterow, his father, served as principal of the second violin section in the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 52 years.