Playing with "live-wire splendor" (The New York Times) violinist, Hanna Hurwitz, is a musician who equally enjoys performing classics of the repertoire as well as new music of our time. Her recent activities have included performances at the SoundSCAPE Festival (Italy), the Valencia International Performance Academy (Spain), the Ritsos Project (Greece), the Festival Internacional Cervantino (Mexico), Washington Island Music Festival (Wisconsin), and June in Buffalo (New York). She is currently a member of Chicago-based, leading new music ensembles including the acclaimed Grossman Ensemble and Ensemble Dal Niente.
Hanna also serves as co-founder and violinist of Zohn Collective, an ensemble interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and the creation of new music. The group has released studio recordings under the labels of Oberlin Music and Albany Records, and has been awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Ditson Fund, and New Music USA. Among Zohn Collective's recent engagements, the group performed as resident ensemble at the Festival de Mayo in Mexico and looks forward to performing at the Beijing Modern Music Festival in 2022.
Hanna also enjoys an active and varied teaching career. She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of String Studies at Denison University, where she has also been awarded the Bayley-Bowen Faculty Fellowship for outstanding junior faculty. Previously, Hanna held positions at Northern Kentucky University and the University at Buffalo. She served as Teaching Assistant to Charles Castleman at the Eastman School of Music, and taught for two years at Buffalo String Works, a non-profit organization that provides free lessons to children of refugee families. Hanna holds a Bachelor's Degree and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, a Master's Degree from The University of Texas at Austin, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts with a minor in Performance Psychology from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester.
