Lir Vaginsky

Israeli violinist Lir Vaginsky started to play the violin at the age of 7. She has since performed in concert halls worldwide and is a regular guest soloist of renowned festivals and orchestras. Highlights of past seasons feature performances in the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, and Berliner Philharmonie with orchestras such as Hamburg Camerata, Unter den Linden Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonie Orchester Berlin among others. Recently, she performed alongside composer Max Richter at the Konzerthaus Berlin. In 2023 Lir recorded her debut album solo with the Konzerthaus Berlin Kammerorchester featuring the Mozart violin concertos with her own cadenzas. Lir was furthermore a member of the LGT Young Soloists. Together with this ensemble, she appeared as a soloist at the Tonhalle in Zürich and played at festivals such as Rheingau, Merano and Dresden Music Festival. As a member, Lir was the youngest violinist in history to record as a soloist two CDs under the label RCA Red Seal (Sony Music). Lir started her musical education with her first violin teacher Lena Mazor at the Conservatory Givatayim in Israel. In 2012, Lir studied for five years with Prof. Tomasz Tomaszewski and afterwards with Professor Latica Honda-Rosenberg at the University of the Arts in Berlin. In 2020, she was a Student of Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy. Lir is a laureate of the Ysaye, Young Paganini and the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition.