Violinist Sergiu Schwartz has performed on four continents, appearing in twenty European countries, Israel, Asia, Canada and more than forty U.S. states as a soloist with orchestras, in recital and in chamber music. He is a frequent guest at music festivals in the United States, Europe, Israel and China, and has served on the artist faculty of the Bowdoin (Maine), Summit (New York) and Keshet Eilon (Israel) international summer music festivals. His performances have been featured in broadcasts on NPR, CNN, the BBC and WXEL-TV’s “Great Performances.”
Mr. Schwartz made his recording debut with the London Symphony Orchestra on an all-Scandinavian album of music by Sibelius, Svendsen and Grieg, released on Vox Unique. His discography also includes the albums Romantic Treasures, The Heart of the Violin and Poème Mystique on Romeo Records; The Romantic Violin on Gega; an American Classics release on Naxos featuring works by John Alden Carpenter; and a recording of Ludwig Spohr’s works for violin and harp on Arcobaleno. His honors include prizes in international violin competitions in the United States and Europe, as well as awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts.
He studied with Rami Shevelov at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, with Yfrah Neaman at the Guildhall School in London under a British Council grant, and with Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School. His musical growth was further shaped by violinists Sandor Vegh and Felix Galimir, pianist Leon Fleisher and conductor Sergiu Celibidache.
Mr. Schwartz is Professor and holder of The William B. and Sue Marie Turner Distinguished Chair in Violin at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, and has served as Visiting Professor at the Haute Ecole de Musique et Conservatoire de Lausanne in Switzerland. He received the 2013 Columbus State University Teaching Excellence Award.
A sought-after teacher, he regularly presents master classes at schools including the Colburn School, Eastman School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Shanghai and Beijing conservatories. He has served on the juries of major international competitions, including the Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Wieniawski and Michael Hill competitions, and his students have been top prizewinners at international violin and chamber music competitions around the world.
