Ukrainian born violinist SOLOMIYA IVAKHIV is a highly celebrated soloist, chamber musician and educator. She has made solo appearances with the Istanbul State Symphony, Charleston Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Lviv National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Hartford Symphony and the Hunan Symphony Orchestra in China, and has performed at such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, CBC Glenn Gould Studio, Curtis Institute Field Concert Hall, Philharmonic Hall in Kyiv, Pickman Hall in Cambridge, and Concertgebouw Mirror Hall. She has been featured at chamber music festivals worldwide, including Tanglewood, Ottawa Chamberfest, Bach Festival of Philadelphia, Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, San Jose Chamber Music Society, Newport and Nevada Chamber Music Festivals, Emerson Quartet Festival, “Contrasts,” “Virtuosi,” and KyivFest, and she is Artistic Director of the Caspian Monday Music Festival in Greensboro, VT. Dr. Ivakhiv’s recordings – Ukraine: Journey to Freedom (NAXOS), Mendelssohn Concertos (Brilliant Classics), Haydn & Hummel Concertos (Centaur Records), and Poems & Rhapsodies (Centaur Records), Ukrainian Masters (NAXOS) and Ukrainian Christmas (NAXOS) – have been featured on top charts in iTunes and Spotify, as well as NPR, WRTI, WQXR and radio stations around the globe. A champion of new music, she has premiered works by composers such as David Ludwig, John B. Hedges, David Dzubay, Bohdan Kryvopust, Yevhen Stankovych, and Oleksandr Shchetynsky. Since 2010, Dr. Ivakhiv has served as Artistic Director of Music at the Institute (MATI) Concert Series in New York City, where her primary focus is to introduce audiences to Ukrainian classical music. At MATI, Dr. Ivakhiv presents programs featuring Ukrainian women composers, young Ukrainians, and newly commissioned works, as well as children’s events, book presentations, and a recent concert at Carnegie Hall celebrating MATI’s 25th anniversary. A dedicated educator, Dr. Ivakhivhas led master classes and coached chamber music at Yale, Columbia, Penn State, University of Hartford Hartt School of Music, Boston Conservatory, Curtis SummerFest, University of Maryland, Bard College Prep, SUNY – Fredonia Universities, Oberlin, Guangzhou and Hunan Conservatories in China, and regularly collaborates with high schools in outreach programs throughout the United States. Dr. Ivakhiv’s performances have been featured on NPR’s Performance Today, and her “crystal clear and noble sound” (Culture and Life, Ukraine) make her “[one of the] major artists of our time” (Fanfare Magazine). In 2021, she was named Honored (Merited) Artist of Ukraine, her native country’s highest cultural honor. She holds degrees from Curtis Institute of Music and Stony Brook University and is Professor of Violin and Viola and Head of Strings at UConn. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dr. Ivakhiv has been very active in organizing and performing benefit concerts to help displaced Ukrainian musicians, wounded civilians, and the “Tikva” orphanage in Odesa. She has collaborated with the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation `Relief Fund for Ukrainian Musicians.”