Sergiu Schwartz

Sergiu Schwartz serves as Professor holding The William B. and Sue Marie Turner Distinguished Chair in Violin at Columbus State University's Schwob School of Music and as Visiting Professor at Haute Ecole de Musique et Conservatoire de Lausanne in Switzerland.

His educational background includes studies with Rami Shevelov at Tel Aviv's Rubin Academy of Music, Yfrah Neaman at London's Guildhall School (under British Council grant), and Dorothy DeLay at Juilliard School (with America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships), with additional mentorship from Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Sandor Vegh, and Sergiu Celibidache.

As an internationally acclaimed violinist, his artistic research centers on Violin Performance and Romantic Repertoire, demonstrated through recordings like Romantic Treasures and American Classics. His Music Education expertise is evidenced by masterclasses at premier institutions including Juilliard, Eastman, and Seoul's Korea National University of the Arts.

His distinguished awards include:

• International violin competition prizes
• National Endowment for the Arts grants
• 2013 Columbus State University Teaching Excellence Award
• University System of Georgia Teaching Award nomination

Professor Schwartz mentors award-winning students who have dominated competitions like Paganini, Sendai, and Seoul International, while his leadership extends to jury roles at Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, and Oistrakh competitions globally.