Sara Salomon is a French violinist and pianist who has performed at various international venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center in New York, the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, the Smetana Hall in Prague, the Wiener Konzerthaus in Wien, Liszt Academy Concert Hall in Budapest, and the AccordArena Bercy in Paris.
She has played alongside acclaimed musicians of the classical music world, including multi-Grammy award winner violinist Anne Sophie Mutter, violinist Renaud Capuçon, and conductor Jaap van Sweden (current music director of the New York Philharmonic and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra). She has also worked with conductor Alan Gilbert (former music director of the New York Philharmonic and current conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra), and Mattias Pinscher (music director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris).
Sara has toured Europe and Asia with a number of high-profile orchestras including the Opera de Lausanne, Animato Foundation Orchestra, and Orchestre des Continents. Her repertoire and musical curiosity span from Baroque music to contemporary music and improvisation. Her interest in contemporary music and improvisation led her to perform with the Contemporary Music Society of Lausanne, and at the Lucerne Festival. She worked alongside composers such as Wolfgang Rihm and performed at the Stone in New York with Anthony Coleman. She has been selected to perform at some of the world’s most renowned festivals including the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland, the Lucerne Festival, the Texas Music Festival, and the Paleo Festival in Nyon (performing to over 35,000 people).
Sara has received several awards and accolades from different organizations, including the Francis & Marie France Minkoff Foundation, Foundation de France - La Ferthé, Jeriko Foundation, and the Max Jost Foundation.
Sara is partnership manager at The Violin Channel, a leading resource for classical music news throughout the world where she started working in 2018.
Sara has taught privately for over five years and now holds a teaching position at the Bronx Conservatory of Music, a school committed to offering private music instruction of the highest quality to Bronx children and adults. The Conservatory has been recently featured in The New York Times and in the emission Today.
In 2019 Sara graduated from Mannes School of Music at The New School, where she studied with Professor Lucie Robert. Sara earned a Master’s Degree in Violin Pedagogy from the HEMU in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she studied with Professor Gyula Stuller, concertmaster of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. During her bachelor studies in Lausanne, she also graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris with a Bachelor's Degree in Music and Musicology.
Sara took ballet and contemporary dance classes for eight years. She enjoys reading, baking, exploring museums and exhibitions, making sure to read as many signs as possible which can be testing the patience of her friends. =) One of Sara’s major goals is to show through her career how music and art can work in favor of social justice.