Hajnal Pivnick

Operations Director

Hungarian-American violinist Hajnal Pivnick has developed a career as a performer and curator promoting community-driven music by modern and living composers.

Her work has been recognized through foundational support from New Music USA, the Barlow Endowment, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She is co-artistic director of Tenth Intervention, a collective of musicians that explores the intersection of performance and experiential art, and its potential to reflect social issues.

As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed in festivals, conferences, and concert series in the United States, Cuba, and Europe. She attended Carnegie Mellon University, studying with Andrés Cárdenes, and received her master’s degree from the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary, studying with Eszter Perényi.

Hajnal has served on the violin faculty at Interlochen Arts Camp, Opus 118 Harlem School of Music, and Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center. She currently has a teaching studio based out of New York City.