Violinist Ani Kavafian enjoys a prolific career as recitalist, chamber musician, and educator.  She has performed with many of America’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and many others.  Her numerous solo recital engagements include performances at New York’s Carnegie and Alice Tully halls, as well as in major venues across the country.  Kavafian tours internationally as an artist-member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and appears frequently in performance with her sister, violinist and violist Ida Kavafian.

Having taught at Mannes College, Manhattan School of Music, McGill University and at Stony Brook University, she joined the string faculty of the Yale School of Music in 2006.  In 2024, Kavafian received the prestigious Samuel Simons Sanford Medal for Distinguished Service to Music from Yale University.  She has also received the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions award. Kavafian is president of the YCA alumni association and has appeared at the White House on three separate occasions.  Kavafian has been featured on many network and PBS television music specials, and her recordings can be heard on the Nonesuch, RCA, Columbia, Arabesque, and Delos labels.