Hailed by The Washington Post as “Sweetly Lyrical,” violinist, composer, and activist Ariel Horowitz won the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and joined the CAG roster. She enjoys an active touring schedule as a soloist and chamber musician, and as one-half of Vision Duo, an ensemble formed with fellow CAG artist Britton-René Collins. In October 2024, Ariel released her debut album, Hearth, on the Bright Shiny Things label.
Ariel is a graduate of The Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, and Ani Kavafian. She has received prizes at the Menuhin, Grumiaux, Klein, Stulberg, and other international competitions. As a composer and improviser, Ariel’s original music centers on themes of healing and community. She has performed her compositions around the world, including at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.
Ariel is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Heartbeat Music Project, which offers tuition-free music and Navajo (Diné) cultural education for young people in grades K-12 living on the Navajo Reservation. In 2022, HMP received the Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, which granted HMP $500,000 to support their work.