Maria Ioudenitch, violin, was born in Russia; she immigrated with her musical family to the U.S. at the age of two and grew up in Kansas City. In 2021, she received first prizes in the YsaÿeInternational Music Competition, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition and theJoseph Joachim International Competition. She also received numerous special prizes at these competitions, including Joachim’s Chamber Music Award, the prize for Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work, the Henle Urtext Prize, and a recording deal with Warner Classics. An active chamber musician, Ioudenitch has taken part in multiple chamber music tours with Marlboro and Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute. She began playing violin with Gregory Sandomirsky at the age of three and continued her studies with Ben Sayevich at the International Center for Music in Kansas City and with Pamela Frank and Shmuel Ashkenasi at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she completed her bachelor’s degree. She fulfilled both her master’s degree and Artist Diploma at the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Miriam Fried. She is currently in the Professional Studies program at the Kronberg Academy, working with Christian Tetzlaff.