Irina Rostomashvili, violin

Irina Rostomashvili is a distinguished violinist and the youngest current faculty member and Artist in Residence at Temple University’s Music Preparatory Program. She recently joined the Summit Music Festival in New York as violin faculty. A dedicated performer and teacher, she inspires her students to achieve success in national and international competitions, auditions, and performances at Carnegie Hall.

She performs extensively across the United States, including New York City, Philadelphia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and is a member of the Vox Amadeus Orchestra and the Philadelphia String Quartet. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra, Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Ambler Symphony, and Old York Road Symphony Orchestras.

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, she studied at the Zakaria Paliashvili Central Music School for Gifted Children and later at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, where she also served as associate concertmaster of the Tbilisi Youth Orchestra. She won first prize at the 2017 National Music Competition of Georgia and the International String Competition in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy. She later moved to the United States to study at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, where she completed her Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma and is currently finishing her Master of Music degree under Eduard Schmieder. In 2021, she won the Temple University Concerto Competition and performed Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra.

Her career includes performances at the IPalpiti Festival in Los Angeles and San Diego, debuts with the Ambler Symphony and Old York Road Symphony Orchestras, and work with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, she was awarded a Teaching Artist Fellowship from the Classical Music Institute in San Antonio and has been recognized for her leadership and contributions to the performing arts. Most recently, she has joined the Embassy Concert series and Artcinia, performing chamber music.