Violinist Irina Muresanu has won international acclaim as an outstanding soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She is a winner of the Pro Musicis International Award, the Presser Music Award, the Kate Kinley Fellowship Award from the University of Illinois, the Arthur Foote Award from the Harvard Musical Association, the Schadt String Competition, and was a top prizewinner in the Montreal International, Queen Elizabeth Violin, UNISA International String, and Washington International competitions. She has had solo engagements with the Boston Pops, Miami Symphony Orchestra, the Williamsburg Symphonia, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Geneva), Syracuse Symphony, the Metropolitan Orchestra (Montreal), the Transvaal Philharmonic (Pretoria), Romanian National Orchestra, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the New England String Ensemble, and the Orchestre de la Radio Flamande (Brussels), among others. An active chamber musician, Ms. Muresanu has appeared in festivals throughout the United States and Europe. Currently serving on the faculty of the University of Maryland, she has previously taught at the Boston Conservatory, Harvard University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.