Hailed by critics for her “crystal clear and noble sound” (Culture and Life, Ukraine), Solomiya Ivakhiv enjoys an international career as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, North America, and China. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, CBC Glen Gould Studio, Curtis Institute Field Concert Hall, Pickman Hall in Cambridge, MA, San Jose Chamber Music Society, Old First Concerts in San Francisco, Astoria Music Festival (Portland), Tchaikovsky Hall (Kyiv), and at UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts. Ms. Ivakhiv has made solo appearances with the International Symphony, Istanbul State Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, Hunan Symphony Orchestra in China, and the Bach Festival Orchestra. 

Ms. Ivakhiv’s debut album, Ukraine-Journey to Freedom, released on Labor Records with NAXOS of America was featured among the top four classical albums on iTunes. Her newest album, Poems and Rhapsodies, is set to release on Centaur in late 2021. Ms. Ivakhiv is Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola and Head of Strings at the University of Connecticut. She graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she studied with Joseph Silverstein, Pamela Frank, and the late Rafael Druian. Ms. Ivakhiv holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University.

​Solomiya Ivakhiv performed at our April 24, 2022 concert dedicated to the brave people of Ukraine.