Canadian-German violinist Emma Meinrenken is an artist praised for her effortless virtuosity and skill in interpreting contemporary music. She is the Associate Concertmaster of the New York City Ballet, and a recipient of the Sylva Gelber Foundation Award and the Yale Presser Foundation Music Award. She has performed at prestigious chamber music festivals such as the Verbier Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and Krzyżowa Music Festival. She is a co-Founder and Artistic Director of Music Around the Corner, a concert series in Toronto.
Meinrenken debuted with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2011, and has since performed with many orchestras in North America and Europe. She often collaborates with composers, recently premiering violin concertos by Maya Miro Johnson and Jaebong Rho, and she was a featured solo artist at Bang on a Can’s 2026 ‘Long Play’ festival.
Upon graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Ida Kavafian, Meinrenken received the Milka Violin Artist Prize. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she spent her formative years in the studio of Atis Bankas. She has a Master of Musical Arts from Yale, where she was under the tutelage of Augustin Hadelich, and is currently a doctoral candidate CUNY with Mark Steinberg. She plays on a 2013 Mario Miralles violin.
Meinrenken debuted with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2011, and has since performed with many orchestras in North America and Europe. She often collaborates with composers, recently premiering violin concertos by Maya Miro Johnson and Jaebong Rho, and she was a featured solo artist at Bang on a Can’s 2026 ‘Long Play’ festival.
Upon graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Ida Kavafian, Meinrenken received the Milka Violin Artist Prize. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she spent her formative years in the studio of Atis Bankas. She has a Master of Musical Arts from Yale, where she was under the tutelage of Augustin Hadelich, and is currently a doctoral candidate CUNY with Mark Steinberg. She plays on a 2013 Mario Miralles violin.