With a multifaceted career as an orchestral player, recitalist, recording artist and chamber musician, NYC-based violist Nora Krohn believes that—for artists and audiences alike—music is vital in shaping our understanding of ourselves and our world. Following her full recovery from a three-year battle with Musician’s Focal Dystonia, she has retaken the stage with the aim of changing the narrative on this condition and championing the possibilities for healing and transformation.
Nora’s orchestral work has taken her to four continents and venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kimmel Center, and the Teatro Colón. She has served on the principal stand and in the section for numerous orchestras throughout the Northeast, including the Bridgeport, Ridgefield, Allentown, and Greenwich Symphonies, the Binghamton, Northeast Pennsylvania, and Hudson Valley Philharmonics, and Da Capo Opera.
In 2021 Nora co-founded the Till Project, a global educational initiative to spread information about healthy string technique to musicians and teachers worldwide. She maintains an active teaching studio, where she works with a diverse array of students around the globe on Zoom.
Nora graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University, where she earned a BA in Music and Spanish Literature She received her MM in Viola Performance from SUNY Purchase College, where she studied with Ira Weller.