Amihai Grosz has enjoyed a unique career path to date, having founded the Jerusalem Quartet in 1995, and later being appointed Principal Violist of the renowned Berlin Philharmonic in 2010. Invitations for solo work soon followed and have expanded in recent years to include collaborations with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, Tugan Sokhiev, Klaus Mäkelä, Nathalie Stutzmann, Ingo Metzmacher, Lionel Bringuier, and Ariel Zukermann. Previously, he has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Finnish Radio Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony, Swedish Radio Symphony, Barcelona Symphony, National Symphony of Ireland, and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.

Amihai commenced his 2023-2024 season at the inaugural Tsindali Festival in Georgia, joining Gianandrea Noseda, Augustin Hadelich, and the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, a piece he also reprised alongside long-time collaborator Janine Jansen at the 30th anniversary edition of the esteemed Verbier Festival in 2023. The start of 2024 featured a tour to the Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall, and Hong Kong Cultural Centre with Daniel Harding and Vilde Frang as part of the 2024 Youth Music Culture the Greater Bay Area, which involved a two-week educational residency with over 100 young musicians from all around China.

Amihai’s other recent and forthcoming highlights include engagements with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie with violinist Veronika Eberle, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony (Alan Gilbert), Orchestre National de Lyon (Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider), Palermo Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo (Omer Meir Wellber), Grand Teton Festival Orchestra (Donald Runnicles), Concert de la Loge with violinist Julien Chauvin, and the Orchestre National de Lille (Alexandre Bloch).

Amihai remains extremely fond of his chamber music collaborations, and has worked with artists such as Yefim Bronfman, Mitsuko Uchida, Daniel Hope, Eric Le Sage, Janine Jansen, Julian Steckel, Daishin Kashimoto, and David Geringas. Internationally, he can be heard regularly at the most prestigious concert halls such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Zurich Tonhalle, Wigmore Hall, and the Philharmonie Luxembourg, as well as at leading festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Evian, Verbier, and Delft festivals, the BBC Proms, and the Utrecht International Chamber Music Festival.

Signed exclusively to the Alpha Classics label, Amihai’s first concerto album, released in autumn 2023, featured the Bartok Viola Concerto with the Orchestra National de Lille and Alexander Bloch, with a subsequent release planned for late 2024.

Amihai first started playing viola at age 11, having previously started on violin. He was taught by David Chen in Jerusalem, then later on by Tabea Zimmermann in Frankfurt and Berlin as well as in Tel Aviv by Haim Taub, the latter of whom had a formative influence on him. He received various grants and prizes at a very early age and was a member of the ‘Young Musicians Group’ of the Jerusalem Music Center, a program for outstanding young musical talents. He is based in Berlin and plays a 1570 Gasparo da Salò viola on loan for life from a private collection.