Artist Biographies
Sarah Atwood
Sarah Atwood holds the Principal Second Violin position in both the Boston Lyric Opera and the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of the Boston Ballet Orchestra and Emmanuel Music.
She performs with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops, including international tours of Europe and Asia.
While attending New England Conservatory she studied Indian classical music with master sitar player Peter Row, and upon graduation, formed a trio with Peter on sitar and Ajay Sinha on tabla.
She has performed and taught throughout the United States, Europe, and Palestine, including a solo performance at Carnegie Hall as First Prize Winner of the American Protégé International Competition.
During the pandemic, Sarah made a project of recording Paganini’s 24 Caprices, which was highlighted by The Strad magazine, BBC Radio, and Radio France.
Jason Horowitz
Jason Horowitz
Violinist Jason Horowitz has enjoyed an eclectic career in music, appearing as soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, composer, teacher, and for the last two decades, violinist of the Boston Symphony. There he has worked with most of the great conductors and soloists of our time.
He has frequently appeared as soloist with the Boston Ballet orchestra, most recently in nearly twenty performances of the Stravinsky concerto with choreography by Balanchine. American composer David Jones completed a concerto for him in 2021.
His musical mentors included Philipp Naegele, Christoph Poppen, and Masuko Ushioda. He worked for many years with Louis Krasner, champion of the Second Viennese School, learning the Berg and Schoenberg concertos from him, among many other works. Decades of friendship with jazz legend Ran Blake have led to many collaborations, public and private.
His many non-musical mentors and extensive travels have equally shaped his inner life and view of the world that is nature and humanity focused.
