Yonah Zur has appears regularly as a chamber musician at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall, and Merkin Hall in New York, and has performed at the Marlboro, Yellow Barn, and Tanglewood music festivals, and throughout his native Israel. Mr. Zur is currently a fellow of the ACADEMY—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, the Weill Music Institute, and in collaboration with the NYC Board of Education. He is a member of the String Orchestra of New York City and of New York Philomusica. A strong advocate of new music, Mr. Zur has given numerous world premieres and US premieres, and he is a regular guest with the various new music ensembles of New York City. He received his Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School having studied with Robert Mann, and his Bachelor’s Degree from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance having studied with Avi Abramovich.

Yonah Zur teaches music at PS 175 in Queens through the ACADEMY fellowship, he serves on the violin faculty of the Thurnauer School of Music, and he regularly presents educational concerts with NY Philomusica and with SONYC. He was a regular recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation awards from 1995 through 2001.