Niv Ashkenazi

Concert violinist Niv Ashkenazi is an active performer and soloist. He has made several Carnegie Hall appearances, and has performed in Europe, the Middle East, and across the United States. Mr. Ashkenazi has also been asked to play at many occassions in Washington D.C., including at the Kennedy Center as part of the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's Inauguration and for the 2011 International Day of Persons with Disability. He is the winner of numerous competitions, including the 2010 American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition and the 2007 VSA International Young Soloist Award. He has performed at summer festivals such as Keshet Eilon Summer Mastercourse and iPalpiti Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. Ashkenazi is committed to bringing chamber music to audiences in both concert halls and in the community. Recent chamber music collaborations include concerts with Martin Chalifour, Nathan Cole, Roger Tapping, and Merry Peckham. He has been an active member in the Perlman Music Program's Chamber Music Workshop and Fall Residency in Stowe, VT as well as featured in chamber music recitals at the Music Academy of the West. He has organized concerts for recent head trauma patients at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and was a founding member of the trio, Ensemble Eclectico, which performed contemporary repertoire for audiences with limited or no access to live music. He has an ongoing collaboration with the dance company TranscenDance as part of a multimedia performance telling the true story of a family's struggle to stay hidden during the Holocaust and their life after the war.
Mr. Ashkenazi holds both a B.M. and an M.M. from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Itzhak Perlman and Glenn Dicterow. He serves on the board of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra (LAYO) and works as a coach with several local youth ensembles. In addition to his career as a performer, he keeps a small teaching studio.