Clara Neubauer

Twenty-one-year-old violinist Clara Neubauer attends the Juilliard School as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship in the studios of Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin. She has recently studied and performed at chamber music festivals including the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Taos School of Music, Music@Menlo, Perlman Music Program, Bravo! Vail, Four Seasons Winter Workshop, and Music from Angel Fire. Highlights of this past season include performances with Santa Fe ProMusica, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Taos on Tour, and the Days of Macedonian Music Festival. Winner and silver medalist of the national YoungArts competition, Neubauer has appeared with the Symphony of Westchester, National Repertory Orchestra, Little Orchestra Society, Ensemble 212, and Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra and was featured on WQXR’s Young Musicians Showcase. An avid chamber musician, Clara was a Young Performer at the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute for five years and winner of the Young Musicians Competition at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She has collaborated with artists including Shai Wosner, Frans Helmerson, Nina Lee, Daniel Phillips, Carter Brey, and the Dover Quartet. Born on 9/11/2001, Clara shared the stage with Bernadette Peters and Robert DeNiro hosting a 9/11 Memorial benefit and can be heard leading the audio tour guide for children and families at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, available as a free app at Apple’s App Store.

Coming from a family of professional musicians, Neubauer grew up playing chamber music with her older brother, parents, and cousins and credits them with planting the seed for her love of chamber music.

Clara Neubauer’s fellowship is generously sponsored by Herb & Kathe Cook.