2024 Guest Artists
Vibha Janakiraman
Session ll
—— Presidential Scholar in the Art, Recipient of Sun-Law Vuillaume Violin Fellowship
18 year old violinist Vibha Janakiraman is a musician whose artistic purpose lies at the intersection of chamber music, pedagogy, cultural heritage, and a love for mathematics. She is a student of Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at the Juilliard School, where she is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. Her music has taken her to the stages of venues such as the White House, Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Lincoln Center. Most recently, Vibha was named a 2023 Presidential Scholar in the Arts and a 2022 National YoungArts Gold Winner in Classical Music. She served as concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall in their 2022-23 season. After making her orchestral debut at the age of 11, Vibha has since appeared as a soloist with various ensembles, including the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra, the Ambler Symphony, the Newark Symphony Orchestra, and the Main Line Symphony Orchestra.
Vibha is dedicated to bringing deeply impactful performances, presented with courage and patience, to her audiences.
A devoted chamber musician at heart, Vibha has performed with numerous groups at The Perlman Music Program and the Juilliard School. Vibha appeared on NPR’s radio show “From the Top,” where she illustrated her cultural connection to South Indian Classical music. She is passionate about teaching, physics, math, learning languages, and writing. Vibha plays on an 1855 J.B. Vuillaume, generously on loan through the Tarisio Trust: Eric Sun-Karen Law Vuillaume Fellowship.
https://www.vibhajanakiramanviolin.com
