Conductor of Junior Repertory Orchestra
Violinist and educator Yonah Zur first began working at BYSO in 2002. As a performer he is a regularly appears with A Far Cry, Shelter Music Boston, Boston Ballet Orchestra, and other area ensembles. He is on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and is a Teaching Assistant at Harvard University’s Music Department. Mr. Zur’s chamber music experience includes performances at the Marlboro, Yellow Barn, Tanglewood, and Newburyport Chamber Music Festivals, and he was a orchestra member for seven years. He has been on the faculty of Longy School, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and has led workshops in UCLA and the Guildhall School. He studied violin with Avi Abramovich at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and with Robert Mann at The Juilliard School.