Nurit Bar-Josef
Violin

Nurit Bar-Josef was appointed concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra in 2001 (then the youngest such appointee to a major U.S. orchestra) by Maestro Leonard Slatkin. She was previously Assistant Concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops from 1998–2001 and Assistant Principal Second Violin of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1997–1998. She studied with Aaron Rosand at The Curtis Institute of Music and continued her studies at The Juilliard School with Robert Mann. Bar-Josef’s solo appearances have included the National Symphony, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, St. Louis Symphony, National Philharmonic, and Britt Festival Orchestras. An active chamber musician, she has performed at the Bay Chamber Festival (ME), Tanglewood, Aspen Music Festival, and festivals in Portland, Kingston, Steamboat Springs, Garth Newel, and Caramoor, where she performed piano quartets with Andre Previn at his Rising Stars festival. She was a founding member of the Kennedy Center Chamber Players for nine years, and is a founding member of the Dryden Quartet. Bar-Josef has been a featured guest on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition and has had the honor of performing at the White House and German Embassy in DC with Maestro Christoph Eschenbach. She is currently playing on a G.B. Guadagnini violin, 1773, the “ex-Grumiaux, ex-Silverstein.”