Heidi Braun-Hill, Violin

Violinist Heidi Braun-Hill is a graduate of Boston University, where she studied with Peter Zazofsky of the Muir String Quartet. She has performed in Boston’s Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center in New York City, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, and in the Barbican Centre in London. Braun-Hill has made guest appearances as concertmaster of several orchestras locally, including the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Chamber Orchestra of Boston, and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. In 2006, she performed the world premiere of Martin Boykan’s Second Piano Trio with cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer and pianist Byron Schenkman. She has been a featured guest artist with Emmanuel Music’s chamber music series, Winsor Music, the Chameleon Arts Ensemble and at the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival. Having performed over 150 cantatas, Braun-Hill has performed as a soloist since 1999 in the renowned Bach Cantata series presented by Emmanuel Music. Recent engagements include collaborations with baritone David Kravitz, oboist Peggy Pearson, mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, pianist Judith Gordon and members of the Lydian String Quartet. Currently, she teaches music at Phillips Exeter Academy.