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Acclaimed as "superb" by The New York Times, violinist Tai Murray is a rising star of her generation, increasingly in demand for both recitals and orchestral engagements.

" Murray impressed immediately with her depth of tone, mature phrasing and steely sweetness... In temperament, she was more like a chamber musician than the typical concert artist. Though she projected a big assertive sound, she also melted into the orchestral backdrop with uncommon grace" (Mike Greenberg, San Antonio Express-News)

Appreciated for her elegance and effortless ability, she creates a special bond with her public through her mature phrasing and subtle sweetness. Her program making reveals musical intelligence. Her sound, and her sophisticated bowing and choice of vibrato remind us of her musical background and her studies, among others, with Yuval Yaron (a student of Gingold & Heifetz) and Franco Gulli. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004, Tai Murray was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2008 to 2010.

Tai has performed on stages of such halls as Berlin's Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall in London, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, Shanghai’s Concert Hall and New York's Carnegie Hall and has collaborated with a wide range of conductors and instrumentalists including Marin Alsop, Richard Goode, Alan Gilbert, Kristian Järvi, Jaime Laredo, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Benjamin Schwarz, Mitsuko Uchida and Mihaela Ursuleasa. 

Other recent debuts include the Atlanta and Dallas Symphony Orchestras, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra as well as re-engagements with the Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras.

In Europe the London BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic London, BBC Scottish Symphony as well as the Philharmonic Staatsorchester of Mainz and the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker invite her as a guest soloist.

She is also an avid recitalist performing duo recitals with pianist Gilles Vonsattel and Mihaela Ursuleasa and last season she performed together with Lambert Orkis at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.

A dedicated chamber musician, Tai Murray is a member of the conductor-less East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO). She has been on tour numerous times with musicians from the Marlboro Festival and was a member of Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society (2004-2006).

Tai's debut recording for harmonia mundi with Ysaye's six solo sonatas for violin will be released during spring of 2012.