ARIEL HOROWITZ
Hey! I’m ariel (THEY/SHE)
Hailed by The Washington Post as “sweetly lyrical,” violinist, composer, and community organizer Ariel Horowitz (they/them or she/her) cannot remember life before loving music.
In 2020, Ariel joined the prestigious Concert Artists Guild roster for North American management, and enjoys an active concert schedule both as a soloist and as one-half of Vision Duo, an ensemble formed with PERCUSSIONIST Britton-René Collins in 2021. This coming season, Ariel is excited to release their debut album Phoenix, and will make their Merkin Hall concerto debut.
Ariel is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Heartbeat Music Project (HMP), a tuition-free program offering music and Navajo (Diné) cultural education as well as direct aid resources to young people in grades K-12 living in the Navajo Nation and their families. In 2022, HMP was honored to receive the Lewis Prize for Music’s Accelerator Award.
ARIEL iS A VIOLINIST, COMPOSER, and community organizer, WHO DRAWS FROM BOTH THE CLASSICAL CANON AND THE WORKS OF HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED composers.
Ariel is looking forward to releasing their debut album, Phoenix, in 2023, which will FEATURE original compositions, poetry, and songs bookended by works of the Western classical canon. ARIEL seeS PHOENIX as a LOVE LETTER TO THEIR YOUNGER SELF and is excited to share it with the world.
Composer
Along with percussionist Britton-René Collins, ARIEL makes up ONE-HALF of the group VISION DUO. Ariel and BRITT PLAY classical music with a contemporary twist, and seek to contribute to the redefinition of classical music. THEY PERFORM Innovative interpretations of THEIR favorite classical standards alongside multidisciplinary elements of modern performance.
ARIEL AND BRITT are passionate about experimenting with traditional conceptions of genre, blending seemingly opposite soundworlds such as electronic/acoustic, old/new, and Bach/Blues. THEY prioritizE inclusion and representation from the composers THEY perform, AND IN THE WORK THEY DO IN THEIR communities.
COLLABORATOR
music is only a universal language when community & access are the priority
music is only a universal language when community & access are the priority
meet ARIEL
When ARIEL is not making music, THEY enjoy cooking, reading, practicing yoga, painting, and spending time with her incredible family and friends.
During the pandemic, Ariel is proud to have enjoyed several fantastic shows (some in their entirety), including The Queen’s Gambit, Fleabag, Schitt’s Creek, Working Moms, The Great British Baking Show, Dance Moms, The Crown, and of course a re-watch of her favorite show of all time, Parks and Recreation.
Ariel Is a proud Aunt to nephew Theo and niece Maxie, as well as a devoted cat-parent to feline child Roxy.
