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<\/a>Described by The Strad as \u201ca notable emerging talent\u201d, Ava Bahari is a highly accomplished Swedishviolinist with a refreshing appetite for unique repertoire. Currently Artist in Residence with Gothenburg Symphony and selected as an ECHO Rising Star for 2026\/27, she has received numerous awards, including top prizes at the Premio Paganini Competition in Genova (2021), Concours International Tibor Varga in Sion (2021) and Aurora Music Competition in Stockholm (2019). <\/span><\/p>\nIn 2025\/26 Bahari continues her two-season residency with Gothenburg Symphony: she performs Mendelssohn\u2019s Violin Concerto with Joshua Weilerstein, reunites with Jaime Mart\u00edn for concerts featuring Hindemith\u2019s Violin Concerto, and joins forces with Andreas Brantelid for Brahms\u2019 Concerto for Violin and Cello \u2013 also reuniting with conductor Pekka Kuusisto. Elsewhere in 25\/26, she makes debut appearances with Orchestre de Paris, Hamburger Symphoniker, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, among others, and returns to Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for their season-closing concerts as well as to Swedish Chamber Orchestra to give the world premiere of Annamaria Kowalsky\u2019s Violin Concerto \u2013 commissioned specifically for Bahari and which she goes on to perform later in the season with V\u00e4ster\u00e5s Sinfonietta. <\/span><\/p>\n Highlights of 24\/25 included opening Gothenburg Symphony\u2019s season with Stravinsky\u2019s Violin Concerto and returning in Spring 2025 perform Sibelius\u2019 Violin Concerto \u2013 both with Santtu-Matias Rouvali \u2013 as well as first-time collaborations with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Bahari also made her Japanese concerto debut with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under music director Jonathan Nott, performing Schoenberg\u2019s Violin Concerto, while return engagements included Swedish Chamber Orchestra \u2013 to give the Swedish premiere of James MacMillan\u2019s Violin Concerto No.2, alongside composer-conductor Brett Dean \u2013 and G\u00e4vle Symphony Orchestra. <\/span><\/p>\n Further past highlights include performances with Philharmonia Orchestra, Malm\u00f6 Symfoniorkester, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, G\u00e4vle and Odense symphony orchestras, Teatro Carlo Felice Genova and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Conductor collaborations and artistic partnerships extend to names such as Vasily Petrenko, Andrew Manze, Tabita Berglund, Anders Hillborg, Pietari Inkinen, Nil Venditti and Bar Avni. <\/span><\/p>\n A keen chamber musician, Bahari has appeared at renowned festivals including Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Festival d\u2019Aix-en-Provence and Santander Music Festival, and has played with musicians such as Kirill Gerstein, Daniel Hope, Adrien La Marca, Andreas Ottensamer and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, to name a few. As part of her residency with Gothenburg Symphony, she collaborates with players of the orchestra to give chamber music concerts. Notable solo performances include a Paganini recital at the Seoul Arts Center, a recital on the \u2018Stauffer\u2019 Guarneri del Ges\u00f9 1734 at Museo del Violino, Cremona, and a recital at Konzerthaus Berlin. <\/span><\/p>\n In Spring 2024, Bahari received her Konzertexamen Diploma from Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, further to Bachelor and Master studies under the guidance of Professor Kolja Blacher. In 2021 she completed a degree at the Accademia Stauffer in Cremona, Italy. <\/span><\/p>\n Her teaching experiences include an assistant position for Prof. Kolja Blacher in Berlin as well as numerous masterclasses which she will continue to give throughout Europe as part of her ECHO Rising Star tour in 2026\/2027.<\/span><\/p>\n Bahari plays on an Antonio Stradivarius violin, made in Cremona in 1694, on loan by the Anders Sveaas’ Almennyttige Fond (ASAF).<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Described by The Strad as \u201ca notable emerging talent\u201d, Ava Bahari is a highly accomplished Swedishviolinist with a refreshing appetite for unique repertoire. 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