Violinist Cornelia Schwartz has established a vibrant and diverse career as chamber musician, orchestral player and teacher both in the United Sates and throughout Europe. As chamber musician, she has performed with New School Concerts, New York Philomusica, Monadnock Music, Dowling College Concert Series, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Guest Artist Series, Trondheim Contemporary Music Festival in Norway and Bosehaus-Bach-Museum Leipzig among others. Schwartz has also performed as guest artist with Alexander Schneider and Isaac Stern at the State Department in Washington D.C. and with the Stadler Quartett in Germany, Austria and Norway. A former member of Camerata Salzburg, she has performed at the Oregon Bach Festival and with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the San Francisco Symphony. Summers have brought her to the Bach Aria, New Hampshire, Norfolk, Caramoor and Grand Teton Music festivals. A recipient of an Artist Opportunity Grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, she is a frequent faculty member at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music and the Bennington Chamber Music Conference in Vermont. A native New Yorker, Schwartz holds B.M. and M.M degrees from the Juilliard School where she studied with Szymon Goldberg and Margaret Pardee. Her chamber music coaches have included Felix Galimir and members of the Budapest and Juilliard Quartets. Studies abroad included master classes with Henryk Szeryng, Nathan Milstein, Gyorgy Sebok and Sandor Vegh.