These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut for Tai Murray.

Described as “superb” by The New York Times, violinist Tai Murray won an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004 and was named a BBC New Generation Artist (2008 through 2010). She has performed as guest soloist world-wide with ensembles such as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Symphony Orchestra, and all of the BBC Symphony Orchestras.

Murray’s recordings since 2012 include Ysaÿe’s six sonatas for solo violin, works by American composers of the 20th Century, and the Bernstein Serenade. She is an Assistant Professor, Adjunct, of violin at the Yale School of Music, where she teaches applied violin and coaches chamber music. She earned artist diplomas from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and The Juilliard School. 

Murray plays a violin by Tomaso Balestrieri fecit Mantua ca. 1765, on generous loan from a private collection.