As the winner of numerous competitions and awards, violinist Linda Sinanian has toured internationally and throughout the United States, Canada and Europe in performances of the solo, chamber music and orchestral repertoire. European tours hailed especially laudatory reviews which launched her career and have developed lasting cultural exchanges across the Atlantic. Following many years performing in the major concert halls of the East coast as concertmaster of the Atlantic Philharmonic Orchestra and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, and in Italy as the concertmaster of the L’Opera Lyrico Sperimantale, principal of the Boston Philharmonic, Boston Opera and the Jupiter Symphony Orchestra and performances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Opera, Linda turned her focus toward her greatest love – chamber music. Consequently, she successfully established several chamber ensembles on the eastern seaboard including the frequently recorded Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and the Long Island Chamber Players. Chamber music and solo recitals remain to fuel her musical life.

Currently, Linda is the violinist of the New York based ensemble Chamberosity and the Atlantic Piano Trio. Sustaining, a deep respect for the magnificence of the vast chamber music repertoire, Linda is devoted to the inclusion of lesser known compositions by composers of the late 19th century and early 20th century whose romanticism and innovation were overshadowed by a variety of circumstances and whose beauty and substance in their writing are deserving of wider audience exposure.

Ardently dedicated to the musical education of the next generation of musicians, Linda is a devoted teacher and chamber music coach. She is a faculty member of The Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College and teaches motivate violinists around the world ranging in age from 9 to 85 years old. Additionally, Linda has served on the faculties at Clayton State University, Stony Brook University’s Pre-College and has accepted repeated invitations to teach master classes at a variety of institutions including the premier Conservatories of Puerto Rico, Italy, New York and numerous schools of music in the United States. Additionally, Linda Sinanian is the Founder and Artistic Director of the internationally recognized chamber music festival, the Stony Brook Summer Music Festival.

Linda earned her Doctorate from the State University New York at Stony Brook and holds degrees from both the Manhattan School of Music and the New England Conservatory and spent a year performing at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta Canada. She has recorded with Arista, Sony and the Newport Classics labels and was featured in the documentary of Benjamin Britten’s “Young Peoples Guide to the Orchestra” with Sir Andrew Davis. Her principal teachers include Raphael Bronstein, James Buswell, Thomas Brandis, Lazar Gosman and Ronda Respess.

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