Ava Bahari is a highly accomplished Swedish violinist with a refreshing appetite for unique repertoire. She began playing the violin at the age of three and gave her first solo concert at age eight in the Gothenburg Concert Hall.
Born in Göteborg, she began her musical education with the Suzuki Method, she then studied at the Oslo Music Academy's Young Artist Program under the tutelage of Prof. Terje Moe Hansen. From 2011 to 2015, she continued her studies with Prof. Per Enoksson.
In 2015, Ava Bahari began her Bachelor and Master studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin under the guidance of Prof. Kolja Blacher. In 2021, she also completed a degree at the Accademia Stauffer in Cremona, Italy. In the spring of 2024 she will receive her “Konzertexamen” Diploma from Hfm Hanns Eisler Berlin.
Ava Bahari has received numerous awards including 3rd Prize at the Premio Paganini Competition in Genova, 4th Prize at the Concours International Tibor Varga in Sion in 2021, and 1st Prize at the Aurora Music Competition in Stockholm in 2019.
Throughout her career, Bahari has had the privilege of being mentored by some of the world's most renowned violinists and pedagogues including Leonidas Kavakos, Mihaela Martin, Pierre Amoyal, Midori, Boris Kuschnir...
Bahari has worked with conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Pekka Kuusisto and Ryan Bancroft and performed with esteemed orchestras such as the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, Baden-Baden Philharmonie, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra and Gävle Symphony Orchestra. Upcoming orchestral debut in the next season includes concerts with The Philharmonia Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic and BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Some of her more notable recital performances include a Paganini recital at the Seoul Arts Center, a recital on the "Stauffer" Guarneri del Gesù 1734 in museo del Violino Cremona and a recital in Konzerthaus Berlin.