18 year old Indian-American violinist Vibha Janakiraman is a musician whose artistic purpose lies at the crossroads of chamber music, pedagogy, cultural intersection, and a love for mathematics. She is a student of Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at the Juilliard School, where she is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. Her music has taken her to the stages of venues such as the White House, Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Lincoln Center. Most recently, Vibha was named a 2023 Presidential Scholar in the Arts and a 2022 National YoungArts Gold Winner in Classical Music. She served as concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall in their 2022-23 season. After making her orchestral debut at the age of 11, Vibha has since appeared as a soloist with various ensembles, including the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra, the Ambler Symphony, the Newark Symphony Orchestra, and the Main Line Symphony Orchestra. Vibha is dedicated to bringing deeply impactful performances, presented with courage and patience, to her audiences. 

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Vibha's recent performance highlights include Kreisler's Recitativo and Scherzo at the White House for the June 2023 Indian state visit, Sarasate's Navarra at Carnegie Hall with Maxim Vengerov, the Oxford Philharmonic, and fellow Juilliard pre-college students, solo recitals at The Juilliard School, and concerts at the Perlman Music Program.

A devoted chamber musician at heart, Vibha is working towards her dream of performing the full Beethoven String Quartet cycle. She has performed with numerous chamber groups at The Perlman Music Program and the Juilliard School. Vibha appeared on NPR’s radio show “From the Top,” where she spoke of her cultural connection to South Indian Classical music and performed Reena Esmail's Darshan. Deeply inspired by her mentors, she is passionate about promoting holistic music education and is an avid teacher. Outside of the musical sphere, Vibha loves physics, math, learning languages, and writing. Vibha plays on an 1855 J.B. Vuillaume, generously on loan through the Tarisio Trust: Eric Sun-Karen Law Vuillaume Fellowship.