Clara Neubauer, violin
Oliver Neubauer, violin

Praised for her “seductive artistry” and “rare grace” (Classical Voice North America), violinist Clara Neubauer is establishing herself as a deeply expressive and authentic artist. She is winner of the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music from The Juilliard School and the Ana Chumachenco Award at the Kronberg Academy Masterclasses. Clara received her BM from The Juilliard School as a student of Li Lin and Itzhak Perlman, and is currently finishing her MM as a student of Catherine Cho and Itzhak Perlman as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship.

A passionate chamber musician, Clara has appeared at festivals internationally including the Marlboro Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Kronberg Chamber Music Connects the World, Taos School of Music, Four Seasons Workshop, Music From Angel Fire, Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo, Prussia Cove, and Olympic Music Festival. She has performed on tour with Musicians from Marlboro and Taos on Tour and collaborated with artists including Mitsuko Uchida, Peter Wiley, Donald Weilerstein, Ani Kavafian, Misha Amory, Carter Brey, and Daniel Phillips.

This season, Clara looks forward to returning to the Marlboro Music Festival, as well as performances at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rome Chamber Music Festival, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Prussia Cove Chamber Music, and Caramoor Evnin Rising Stars Program. This spring, she will attend the IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses with Steven Isserlis.

Winner of the National YoungArts competition, Clara has appeared as soloist with the Symphony of Westchester, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (play-conducting), the New York Concerti Sinfonietta, the Little Orchestra Society, Ensemble 212, and the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra. She has additionally won top prizes at the Adelphi Competition, the Symphony of Westchester Young Artist Competition, Ensemble 212 Young Artist Competition, and the Young Musicians Competition at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Clara was a Musical Ambassador for the Doublestop Foundation as winner of their Artist in You Competition and was featured on WQXR as part of their Young Musicians Showcase with her brother, Oliver. She was a Young Performer at the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute for five years and was chosen as one of five young artists featured at the chamber music fellowship program of the Olympic Music Festival. She currently serves as concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, including a recent performance with Maestro Gustavo Dudamel at David Geffen Hall, and performs often as part of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Growing up in a family of professional musicians, Clara’s love for music - chamber music in particular - began from a very early age. Her first experience with chamber music was playing duos with her older brother at the ages of 5 and 7, something which they joyfully continued for the following 19 years. She is part of the Neubauer/McDermott Family Quartet, composed of herself, her brother Oliver, and her parents, Kerry McDermott and Paul Neubauer.

Clara is also a founding member of the Tobias Quartet along with Oliver Neubauer, Samuel Rosenthal, and Sterling Elliott. The Tobias Quartet was the ensemble in residence at Music From Angel Fire for two summers, where they traveled around northern New Mexico presenting educational programs to K-12 students and sharing musical topics in a fun and accessible way.

Born on 9/11/2001, Clara can be heard as the voice of the audio guide at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum along with Robert deNiro, available as a free app for download at the App Store. Her writing has been published in “Faces of Hope: Babies Born on 9/11”, and she has been the feature of interviews on TV Globo and CBS Sports, speaking and playing violin.

Clara currently plays on a 1721 Petrus Guarneri violin, generously on loan to her from Juilliard’s Stringed Instrument Collection.

Praised for his uniquely beautiful playing and his vivid and mature artistry, violinist Oliver Neubauer is swiftly establishing himself as a distinctive and compelling presence on the international classical music scene. First prize winner of the 2023 Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Oliver is an inaugural YCA Jacobs Fellow and is managed worldwide by Young Concert Artists.

Following his acclaimed debuts last season at New York’s Merkin Hall and Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center – “a nuanced, profound interpretation of [the Bartók Solo Sonata]” (Washington Classical Review) and first performances at London’s Wigmore Hall – “the playing was bright, clean, and characterful” (The Strad) – Oliver’s 2025-26 season includes his Carnegie Hall recital debut in Weill Hall as recipient of the Juilliard School’s 2024 Gershen Cohen Award. This recital, featuring a unique all-French program and including a dance collaboration with Pierre Boulez’s Anthèmes I, is emblematic of his commitment to creative and personal programming. Other highlights include his concerto debuts with the Brevard Philharmonic and the Kennett Symphony, tours around the U.S. with both YCA on Tour and Musicians from Marlboro, appearances at the Kronberg Academy’s Casals Forum, and performances in France and elsewhere in Europe as a newly named laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon.

In past seasons, Oliver has performed at leading festivals and series including the Marlboro Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Verbier Festival Academy, Four Seasons Workshop, Palm Beach Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Northwest, Parlance Chamber Concerts, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Music from Angel Fire, Summerfest La Jolla, Bravo! Vail, Chamber Music Sedona, the Rolandseck Festival (Bad Honnef, Germany), the Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City, Apex Concerts, Mostly Music, Music in the Vineyards, Art in Avila in Curaçao, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has appeared in venues including Carnegie’s Weill and Zankel Halls as well as Symphony Space, Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, and Wigmore Hall.

A passionate chamber musician from a young age, Oliver first attended Music@Menlo at age twelve, performing Mozart’s E-flat Piano Quartet, an experience that sparked a deep passion for chamber music that remains with him to this day. Coming from a musical home, Oliver performs frequently with his father Paul Neubauer, mother Kerry McDermott, and sister Clara Neubauer. He has also collaborated and performed with many esteemed artists, including Itzhak Perlman, Mihaela Martin, Sir András Schiff, Gidon Kremer, Carter Brey, Fred Sherry, Ani Kavafian, Shai Wosner, Enrico Pace, Jason Vieaux, and the Dover Quartet.

As a soloist, Oliver has appeared with the National Repertory Orchestra, the Delaware Symphony, Springfield Symphony, the Sound Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Juilliard AXIOM Ensemble, and the Symphony of Westchester, among others. Oliver received the Prix de l’APCAV award at the 2023 Verbier Festival Academy, first prize in the 2023 Hellam Young Artists Competition, third prize in the 2023 ArsClassica International Competition, and the Gold Award at the 2018 National YoungArts Competition. His Young Concert Artists win also included performances prizes from the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, Sunday Musicale (NJ), and the Stissing Center. Oliver has been featured on WQXR’s Young Arist Showcase hosted by Robert Sherman, and his solo performances at the Église de Verbier in 2021 were streamed on IDAGIO.

In the summer of 2019, Oliver spent a week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, working with the Guri youth string orchestra and teaching masterclasses. Deeply inspired by the spirit of music making during the exchange program, Oliver hopes to recreate that atmosphere of genuine passion, joy, and curiosity in communities around the world. Oliver has also donated his services to organizations such as Save the Children, Concerts in Motion, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Little Orchestra Society, Goddard Riverside Community Center, and Temple Israel. In 2013, Oliver made his debut with the New York Philharmonic as the narrator for Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra in a YPC.

Outside of music, Oliver loves playing chess (having competed in dozens of national tournaments), playing ping pong and pickleball, discussing philosophy, and eating freshly baked cookies. An active member of the Juilliard community, Oliver was the founder and co-president of the Juilliard Knights (Juilliard’s chess club) and a member of the student congress.

Oliver is currently studying with Mihaela Martin at the Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Program in Germany; his studies are funded by the Hartmut and Susanne Leser patronage. Oliver is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City, where he studied with Li Lin, Itzhak Perlman, and Donald Weilerstein, and was a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship for his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees. Prior to his studies at Juilliard, Oliver attended the Dalton School, Juilliard Pre-College, and the Perlman Music Program. Previous teachers include Sophie Arbuckle and Arik Braude. Oliver performs on the c1725 “Milstein” Guarneri Del Gesù violin, generously on loan to him from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins in Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.