Sarah McElravy
- Viola
Described as "a consummate musician" (Naples Daily News) with "a divine sound... exquisitely sculpted" (The Prague Post), Canadian violist and violinist Sarah McElravy leads an exceptional and multifaceted career as a chamber musician, soloist and pedagogue.
As a soloist, Ms. McElravy has appeared with major orchestras across the globe and highlights of recent seasons include the Helsinki Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonia, Liverpool Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Innsbruck Philharmonic, Naples Philharmonic among many others.
She has performed chamber music in such prestigious venues as the Vienna Musikverein, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Suntory Hall and has taken part in the Prague Spring Festival, La Jolla SummerFest, Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Caramoor Festival, Sion Festival, Kronberg Academy, and Schloss Elmau.
A founding member of the award-winning Linden String Quartet (2008-2014), hailed as “polished, radiant and incisive” by The Strad Magazine, she has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe. Among others, the Linden Quartet received Gold medal and Grand prize at the 2009 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and a prestigious New York Concert Artists Guild management contract.
In 2014, Ms. McElravy founded the Chamber Music Society México, an organization dedicated to presenting world-class chamber music in México City. As the Artistic Director, she brought leading North American artists to perform and provide educational programs for talented young Mexican musicians.
Ms. McElravy plays on a 1791 Ferdinando Gagliano violin and a 1785 Lorenzo Storioni viola on loan to her courtesy of the Dkfm. Angelika Prokopp Privatstiftung in Vienna, Austria.