Co-Artistic Director, Viola

Arianna Smith

Arianna began her US career performing at prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Symphony Center and Harris Theater in Chicago, as well as the Chicago Cultural Center in a live broadcast from the Preston Bradley Hall on the National Public Radio (NPR). After several years on the American stage, she moved to France to continue her musical evolution and has since been invited to perform at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Paris National Opera, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, the Studio 104 from Radio France and the Flagey and Bozar in Brussels. Arianna founded the Mona Quartet in 2018, of which she was a member for five years and has been invited to perform alongside world-renowned artists such as Steven Isserlis, Christian Tetzlaff, Vadim Repin, the Ébene Quartet, James Galway, Emmanuel Pahud, Arnold Steinhardt, and Paul Coletti. As a soloist she has participated in festivals such as the Verbier Academy, the Perlman Music Program, Krzyzowa International festival, and the Kronberg Academy Chamber Music Connects the World. She spent two years as artist-in-residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz after the obtention of her masters degree from the Paris Conservatory of Music and Dance with Jean Sulem and bachelors degree from the Colburn School in Los Angeles.