About Me
Nesrine Balbeisi, violist, is active as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician; a versatile musician she performs a variety of genre including classical, rock and roll, hip-hop, jazz, and new music, appearing in Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher, and on The Today Show, The View, The Martha Stewart Show, Late Night with Conan O’brien, and Saturday Night Live, among many. In addition to recitals and collaborative concert engagements in the US, Canada, and Europe, she is a dedicated teacher. She has taught at Penn State University, the Virginia Commonwealth University Community School for the Performing Arts, and is presently on the faculty of the Larchmont Music Academy. Ms. Balbeisi began her musical training in Amman, Jordan under the patronage of Queen Nour. She holds a B.M. in violin performance from the Pennsylvania State University, a Professional Studies Diploma in viola from the Mannes College of Music, and a Master of Arts from New York University. Her teachers have included Weigang Li, Tim Deighton, Karen Ritscher, John Graham, Martha Katz and Pedro de Alcantara.