Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble

Ukrainian-American violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv is a highly celebrated soloist, chamber musician and educator. She has made solo appearances with the Istanbul State Symphony, Charleston and Hartford Symphonies, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Lviv National Philharmonic of Ukraine, and the Hunan Symphony Orchestra in China, and has performed at such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, CBC Glenn Gould Studio, Curtis Institute Field Concert Hall, Philharmonic Hall in Kyiv, and Concertgebouw Mirror Hall. She has been featured at chamber music festivals worldwide, including Tanglewood, Ottawa Chamberfest, Bach Festival of Philadelphia, Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, San Jose and Philadelphia Chamber Music Societies, Newport and Nevada Chamber Music Festivals, Emerson Quartet Festival, “Contrasts,” “Virtuosi,” and KyivFest, and she is Artistic Director of the Caspian Music Festival in Greensboro, VT. 

Dr. Ivakhiv’s discography includes Ukrainian Masters, Ukraine Christmas and Ukraine: Journey to Freedom (NAXOS), Mendelssohn Concertos (Brilliant Classics), Haydn and Hummel Concertos and Poems and Rhapsodies (both on Centaur) have been featured on top charts in iTunes and Spotify, as well as NPR, WRTI, WQXR and radio stations around the globe and received international acclaim. A champion of new music, she has premiered works by David Ludwig, Oleksandr Schetynsky, David Dzubay, Yevhen Stankovych and Bohdan Kryvopust, among others.Since 2010, Dr. Ivakhiv has served as Artistic Director of Music at the Institute (MATI) Concert Series in New York City, where she presents chamber programs featuring Ukrainian women composers, young Ukrainians, and newly commissioned works. She is Artistic Director of the Caspian Music Festival in Greensboro, VT.

A dedicated educator, Dr. Ivakhiv has led master classes and coached chamber music at Yale, Columbia, Boston Conservatory, Curtis SummerFest, Oberlin and others, as well as at conservatories in China and Ukraine. She was named Honored (Merited) Artist of Ukraine in 2021, her native country’s highest cultural honor. She holds degrees from Curtis Institute of Music and Stony Brook University and is Professor of Violin and Viola at the University of Connecticut.