Hearth
Ariel Horowitz
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Ariel Horowitz’s debut album Hearth invites you to gather and warm up around the fire. Hailed by the Washington Post as “sweetly lyrical,” Ariel offers a dialogue of classical works and original songs, spoken word, and soundscapes; Kreisler, Still, and Szymanowski alongside her own cider donuts, Solitude, How Do You Tell Your Child?, and not that bad. Hearth’s varied soundworlds tell stories of healing, community, and liberation.
About Ariel Horowitz:
Hailed by The Washington Post as “Sweetly Lyrical,” violinist, composer/songwriter, and community organizer Ariel Horowitz (they/them or she/her) cannot remember life before loving music. In 2020, Ariel joined the Concert Artists Guild roster as a winner of CAG’s Victor Elmaleh Competition. Ariel enjoys an active concert schedule performing their multimedia compositions alongside other contemporary works and beloved staples of the Western classical canon both as a soloist and as one-half of Vision Duo, an ensemble formed with fellow CAG artist Britton-René Collins in 2021.
Recent touring highlights include both a solo concerto and a Vision Duo multimedia performance at Merkin Hall in New York City, as well as concerto and recital appearances across the country and abroad. As a composer, songwriter, and avid improviser, Ariel's original music centers themes of healing, community, and liberation. She has performed her compositions and songs around the world, including at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.
Ariel is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Heartbeat Music Project, a tuition-free program offering music and Navajo (Diné) cultural education as well as direct aid resources to young people in grades K-12 living on the Navajo Nation and their families. HMP’s year-round programming features an in-person two-week Summer Academy, as well as a one-week Winter Workshop, and weekly in-person and virtual private lessons in disciplines including classical, jazz, and pop instrumental and vocal traditions, as well as electronic music production. In 2022, HMP was honored to receive the Lewis Prize for Music’s Accelerator Award in the amount of $500,000.
Ariel is a graduate of the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Ani Kavafian, and previously studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School. They area prizewinner of the Menuhin, Grumiaux, Stulberg, and Klein International Competitions, and when they are not performing, composing, or organizing for HMP, Ariel enjoys dancing, practicing yoga, and listening to memoirs on Audible. Ariel a proud aunt to nephew Theo and niece Maxie, as well as a devoted cat-parent to feline child Roxy.
