Lior Grunwald was born in Beer Sheva, Israel, and began studying violin at age seven at the Beer Sheva Conservatory of Music. From 2010 to 2017 he studied with Prof. Roi Shiloah at the Conservatory of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, later pursuing his bachelor’s degree at the Jerusalem Academy in the studios of Prof. Shiloah and studying with Prof. Haim Taub.

As a soloist, Lior has performed with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, the Ashdod Symphony Orchestra, and the Thelma Yellin Symphony Orchestra. He is a recipient of scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and has performed regularly since 2012 at the Eden-Tamir Music Center, the Israel Museum of Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem Music Center.

He has participated in the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the David Goldman Program, the Ilona Feher Program, the Huberman Program, Keshet Eilon, the Zeist International Music Festival, and the Berkshire High Peaks Festival, Ochsenhausen international chamber music festivals.

Lior is continuing his studies with Prof. Ida Bieler at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and performs on a Grandjon violin generously loaned by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.