Michelle Barzel Ross (10CC) is a GRAMMY™ Award-winning violinist and composer
As a performer, Michelle’s artistry spans engagements around the globe as soloist, chamber musician, and guest concertmaster.
As a soloist, she has debuted in venues such as Carnegie Hall, with the San Francisco Symphony, as guest first violinist with the Juilliard String Quartet.
She recently toured as guest concertmaster, collaborating with leading ensembles worldwide.
Michelle has recorded as a soloist: Discovering Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Eric Jacobsen and the Odyssey Orchestra.
Michelle’s compositions have been recorded on Naïve Records. A self-taught improviser across genres from Baroque to Contemporary, Michelle is a featured artist improvising with her longtime friend Jon Batiste on Movement 11’ from the GRAMMY™ winning Album of the Year We Are. Michelle has been commissioned by the Lucerne Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Juilliard String Quartet, The Jasper String Quartet, The Perlman Music Program, and her works have been premiered at leading venues such as the Palau Musica in Barcelona, Paris’s Théâtre les Bouffes du Nord.
Her ensemble’s beloved late violist, Roger Tapping, dedicated to the ensemble; the work will be performed at the MusikVerein Beethoven Festival in Vienna 2026.
Michelle is the recipient of the Leonore Annenberg Career Grant and holds multiple degrees from The Juilliard School and a B.A. in English Literature from Columbia University. Principal teachers and mentors include her life-long teacher Itzhak Perlman, Ronald Copes, Dorothy DeLay, Catherine Cho, Dr. Samuel Adler, and Dr. Kendall Briggs. Born in California and raised in both Canada and New York, Michelle celebrates her Mizrahi-Iraqi heritage.
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