Ava Pakiam
Ava Pakiam, was admitted into the Pre College program at San Francisco Conservatory of Music at age 7. She made her solo orchestra debut at age 8 performing with the Fremont Symphony.
Ava Pakiam is a 14 year old sought after soloist and recitalist currently residing in the Bay Area. Ava presently studies with renowned violin professor, Simon James.
Ava made her solo debut at eight years old in California performing the Mozart
Concerto No. 2 with the Fremont Symphony. Later that summer, she performed Vivaldi’s Winter Concerto with the Sempre Musik Orchestra and New York Sinfonietta in Boston and New York City, making her solo debut at Carnegie Hall at age 8.
In the Fall of 2021, Ava competed at age 11 in the Seattle Young Artists Auditions and was named a Seattle Symphony Young Artist for the 2021-2022 season. She then performed as a soloist with the Symphony on a season concert playing Saint Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. As a participant at the Sounding Point Academy at Colburn School in L.A., Ava
was given the honor of being the youngest student chosen to perform in an evening recital which was streamed live by The Violin Channel at age 12, performing “Le Vent” by Vecsey.
Ava has had the privilege of performing in master classes for many leading
pedagogues and performing artists including Nathan Cole, Noah Geller, Ariel Horowitz, James Ehnes, Vadim Gluzman, Melissa White, Simone Porter, Sirena Huang and Hilary Hahn. Solo appearances with orchestra in the past year included performances of Prokofiev Concerto No. 2, the Barber Concerto, Concerto, the Mendelssohn Concerto, Ravel’s Tzigane and Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen along with a performance alongside Grammy Award winning composer, Mason Bates.