ChamberMusic@CSUN with Faculty Artist Niv Askenazi, Violin
January 31, 2025 at 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
$10 – $22
ChamberMusic@CSUN
presents
Niv Ashkenazi, Violin
January 31st, 2025, 7:30PM
Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall
Join violinist Niv Ashkenazi for a recital featuring Mendelssohn, Franck, and Dauber.
Guest artists will include CSUN faculty Jason Stoll and the Solasta Trio with Eva Schaumkell and Zack Reaves.
Virtuoso violinist Niv Ashkenazi has captivated audiences with his heartfelt musicianship and emotional performances. Praised for his “extremely colourful interpretations, characterized by maturity and authority” (Pizzicato Magazine), he has made several Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center appearances, and has performed in Europe, the Middle East, and across North America. His conviction that the impact of music serves people beyond the concert stage motivates him to collaborate on projects that create a strong emotional bond with his audience.
Niv was the first ever Artist in Residence at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya). His debut album, Niv Ashkenazi: Violins of Hope, the first solo album recorded on one of the Violins of Hope, was released in March 2020 on Albany Records. It has received international critical acclaim and was named one of the 10 best classical recordings of 2020 by the Chicago Tribune. His performances and educational work with Violins of Hope led him to be recognized by the City of Los Angeles in 2021 for his humanitarian work and have been featured on ABC7, Good Day LA, Spectrum 1 News, Telemundo, in the Los Angeles Times, and other major news outlets. Niv was one of the featured soloists, alongside Yo-Yo Ma, for the soundtrack of the PBS documentary Harbor from the Holocaust.
Dyad, his innovative violin and bassoon duo with bassoonist Dr. Leah Kohn, recently gave a Kennedy Center debut and has performed on concert series throughout the West and East Coast, collaborated with dance companies, and frequently commissions and performs new works alongside traditional repertoire. Their arrangement of Bloch’s Prayer is published by TrevCo Music Publishing and they presented and performed at the 2021 Meg Quigley Vivaldi Symposium and the 2022 International Double Reed Society conference.
Niv has appeared as a soloist with the Long Beach Symphony, Culver City Symphony Orchestra, and Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra among others. He has been a guest artist and given masterclasses at La Sierra University, California State University Northridge, and Westmont College.
Niv is revolutionizing violin education with Eye for Technique, an innovative project that uses slow motion technology to develop decision-making and enhanced artistry. This work led to him being the recipient of Music Academy of the West’s 2023 Alumni Enterprise Award. Designed to help intermediate to professional musicians, Eye for Technique has helped students from Curtis, Rice, USC, and CSUN, among others.
Niv has performed chamber music with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Juilliard String Quartet, Cavani Quartet, and Ariel Quartet. Other performance highlights include solo recitals at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, Terrace Theater, and Millennium Stage, The Soraya, the Granada Theatre, and the Perlman Music Program Alumni Recital Series.
Niv holds both a B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School, where his teachers included Itzhak Perlman and Glenn Dicterow.
Suggested Parking via Kiosks in Lot B1
