Ariel Horowitz, violin (Bloomington, IN), was winner of the Silver Medal and Audience Choice Award at the 2013 Stulberg International String Competition and second place winner in the 2015 Juilliard Violin Concerto Competition. In the 2014-15 season, Ariel will perform as a soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, and the Doctor’s Orchestral Society of New York, among others. She will compete as a semi-finalist in the 2015 Irving M. Klein International String Competition in June. Ariel is a student of Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School as a recipient of the Dorothy Starling and Arnold R. Deutsch/Dorothy Delay Scholarships. She performs in The Juilliard Orchestra, most recently under the baton of David Zinman at Carnegie Hall. When she is not making music, Ariel enjoys reading Harry Potter, making abstract paintings, practicing yoga, spending time with her family, friends, and two dogs, and eating dark chocolate.