The versatile Violinist/Violist Ida Kavafian was the Artistic Director of the acclaimed festival Music from Angel Fire for 35 years. She is co-founder of Tashi, OPUS ONE, Trio Valtorna and Bravo! Vail (running it for ten years); frequent artist at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for over 50 years; former violinist of the Beaux Arts Trio; faculty member of The Curtis Institute (where she holds the Nina von Maltzahn Violin Chair and was honored with the Lindback Award for Outstanding Teaching). She has premiered concerti by Toru Takemitsu and Michael Daugherty, toured and recorded with jazz greats Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis and Fiddler/Composer Mark O’Connor, appeared with the Guarneri, Orion, Shanghai, Harlem and American String Quartets (as violist), and has had a solo feature on CBS Sunday Morning. A graduate of Juilliard studying with Oscar Shumsky, she made her NY debut under Young Concert Artists with the pianist Peter Serkin. Ms. Kavafian excels in another field, prize winning Vizsla dogs. She and her husband, violist Steven Tenenbom, currently live with a retired Gold Grand Champion and a Master Hunter.
