BIOGRAPHY

Sergiu Schwartz's international concert appearances have taken him to major music centers on three continents, including twenty European countries, Israel, and over forty U. S. states, as soloist with over two hundred leading orchestras, in recitals and chamber music concerts. "Following in the footsteps of his fellow countrymen Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, he is a product of the best of European romantic interpretative style and 20th-Century American technical acuity," states New York's Newsday, while Le Soleil (Canada) notes that "he stands out as one of the best violinists of his generation." Comparing him to the greatest violinists, Fanfare - The Magazine for Serious Record Collectors, writes: his "warmth of sound and insight into the music raise to the level of expression achieved by Oistrakh" and his "tonal sheen approaches Milstein's."

Recent solo orchestral engagements include the Dresden Staatskapelle, Jerusalem Symphony, London Symphony, Sarajevo Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, Slovak Philharmonic, European Community Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Florida Philharmonic, Chicago's Grant Park Festival Orchestra, among numerous other distinguished ensembles in the U. S. and worldwide.  Mr. Schwartz has collaborated in performances with preeminent conductors, including Sergiu Comissiona James Judd, Peter Maag, Giuseppe Sinopoli, and Bruno Weil.  He has performed in major concert halls, including New York's Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall; Kennedy Center (Washington); Barbican Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Wigmore Hall (London); Royce Hall (Los Angeles); and Academia Santa Cecilia (Rome), among many others. Sergiu Schwartz is a frequent guest at national and international music festivals in the United States (including Bowdoin, Aspen, Newport, Interlochen), Israel, Switzerland, Finland, England, France, Holland, Romania and Bulgaria. He has been featured in broadcasts for major radio and TV stations, including the BBC, NPR and CNN, and WXEL-TV's "Great Performances," and has recorded for Vox, Gega-New, Arcobaleno, Naxos, Nonesuch, Romeo Records, CRS Records, Israel Music Society, and Discover/Koch International.

During recent years, Sergiu Schwartz has added the role of conductor to his artistic endeavors.  He has appeared both as a conductor and violin soloist with the European Community Chamber Orchestra (on tour in the United Sates), Concentus Hungaricus (Budapest), London Soloists Chamber Orchestra (London, Switzerland and Italy), Rheinland-Pfalz Orchestra (Germany), Israel's Atlas Camerata (on tour in the United States), Israel Camerata Orchestra, Sarajevo Philharmonic (Bosnia and France), Harid Chamber Strings, Lynn University Philharmonia and Chamber Orchestra, and Virtuosi Camerata Orchestra

 

Mr. Schwartz's honors include major prizes in international violin competitions in London, Switzerland, Chile and the United States, as well as awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts.

Sergiu Schwartz combines his extensive performing career with his position as professor of violin holding the Turner Distinguished Chair in Violin at the Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University (GA), where he is a teacher of prizewinning students in prestigious competitions. As a visiting artist, Mr. Schwartz regularly conducts master classes and lectures at music schools, colleges, and universities worldwide and serves as juror in major international competitions, including the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition in Moscow. He has been named for outstanding achievement with a full-length life history in prestigious professional international directories, including International Who's Who in Music and Musicians, International Who's Who in Classical Music and Who's Who in America.

"Prodigious talent, excellent technique, formidable musical insight.” 

‑‑ The Strad, London