Nurit Bar-Josef

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, Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra (San Diego), among others. An active chamber musician, she has performed at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Bay Chamber Festival (ME) and Aspen Music Festival, and festivals in Tanglewood, Portland (ME), Kingston (RI), Steamboat Springs, Garth Newel, and Caramoor. She was a founding member of the Kennedy Center Chamber Players for nine years, as well as a founding member of the Dryden Quartet. Bar-Josef also serves on the faculty of Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan (PMF America), and participates in the Mainly Mozart (San Diego) All-Star orchestra.

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 with Maestro Christoph Eschenbach. She has performed as guest Concertmaster for the Seattle, Houston, Pittsburgh, and Boston Symphonies. Bar-Josef plays on a J.B. Guadagnini, 1773 (“ex-Grumiaux, ex-Silverstein”), as well as a Annibale Fagnola, 1908 (Turin), and a Rob Wood (Guadagnini copy), Utah, 2021.