Widely acclaimed for her versatility, violinist and pianist Elizabeth Bacher has appeared as soloist with the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, the Astoria Symphony, the Renaissance Chamber Orchestra, and the National Jeugd Orkest of the Netherlands. She is the winner of the Special Presentation Award from Artists' International, the Harry Dubbs Memorial Competition, the Manchester Young Artist Competition, and the Longy Young Artists Competition. She recently performed the Tchaikovsky violin concerto with the Astoria Symphony, and a solo recital of violin and piano at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, including the premiere of a piece written for her, Solo Blues for Violin and Piano, to be played by one person. As concertmaster and orchestral principal she has worked with such renowned conductors as Yuri Temirkanov, Paavo Jarvi, Michael Tilson Thomas and Charles Dutoit, on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Academia Nazional di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and the Konzerthaus in Berlin, among others. She appeared as soloist at the Musis Sacrum in Arnhem and the Concertgebouw de Vreeniging in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, performing works of Bach in concert juxtaposing the works of Bach and Stravinsky.
As a fellow of the New World Symphony, she was invited to perform in their chamber subscription series and as violin and piano soloist at the Lincoln Theatre for the Musicians' Xchange Series, two concerts per year that connect with the audience through verbal presentations in addition to musical performance. In addition to the chamber series, her quartet was invited to perform Shostakovich's Quartet No. 8 as a representative of the New World Symphony in Miami during a private concert presented by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Ms. Bacher has also performed as soloist and chamber musician in New York at Merkin Hall, the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center, Horace Mann Auditorium, the Russian Tea Room, the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center, the Performing Arts Center at Purchase, Good Shepherd Faith Church, the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, and at Juilliard's Paul Hall and Morse Hall. She is the founding first violinist and pianist of the Nova Quartet, which performs both as a string quartet and piano quartet. In 2005 they were invited by the German Consulate to perform at the official celebration of the 15th anniversary of the reunification of Germany, as well as a following concert at the German Embassy. Ms. Bacher is also a resident performing artist for The Adorno Sound Project, a nonprofit organization based in New York and Seattle. She has been featured on the radio in the Netherlands, New York, Denver, and Los Angeles.
Ms. Bacher completed her Master's degree in violin at The Juilliard School, and two Bachelor of Music degrees in violin and piano at SUNY Purchase College Conservatory. She studied violin with Zinaida Gilels, Zakhar Bron, Roman Totenberg and Joel Smirnoff, and piano with Eda Mazo-Shlyam and Zitta Zohar.
