Kobi Malkin, violin (Karmiel, Israel), won the 2011 Ilona Kornhauser prize and has collaborated with Itamar Golan, Frans Helmerson, Kim Kashkashian and Peter Wiley in such festivals as Ravinia and Music@Menlo. His performances are regularly broadcast on radio in Israel and the US. A scholarship recipient of the America Israel Culture Foundation, he is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School, under the guidance of Sylvia Rosenberg. Kobi holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Miriam Fried. He plays a 1701 Pietro Guarneri violin, generously on loan to him by Yehuda Zisapel. Past Yellow Barn musician (2014)