Šimon Michal

I am currently finishing my Undergraduate studies as a Violin Performance Major at The Juilliard School in New York. For the past four years I have studied with legendary professor Sylvia Rosenberg and the Concertmaster and soloist of the New York Philharmonic, Glenn Dicterow. Besides being an active soloist, I am equally passionate about teaching, chamber music and orchestra. With my string quartet I have performed at concerts in Alice Tully Hall and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and since 2012 I have been concertmaster of the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra. My biggest achievement is winning the Juilliard Mozart Concerto Competition 2014. As a winner I had the privilege to perform Mozart’s 3rd violin concerto with the Juilliard Symphony under the baton of the Chief Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Fabio Luisi in Alice Tully Hall. The concert had great reviews in both New York Times and The Strad Magazine. In January I became one of the first members of the New York Philharmonic Global Academy and thus I had the chance to work alongside one of the best orchestras in the world. In the fall I will continue my studies at Manhattan School of Music. I was admitted with full scholarship to a very prestigious and highly selective program, Masters of Orchestra Performance.