Praised by the Washington Post for his “incisive, vibrato-rich tone,” Sasha Margolis has performed classical and improvised music all over the world, including the Netherlands, Italy, South Korea, Japan, and Spain. As co-leader of the eclectic ensemble Big Galut(e), he has won the Simcha Prize at the 2017 International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam, been heard on Performance Today and WNYC’s New Sounds, and appeared at the Glimmerglass Festival, the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, and ChamberFest Canandaigua. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with pianists Sanford Margolis and Jeremy Denk, members of the Pittsburgh, Detroit, Dallas and National Symphonies, Theodore Arm; and members of the Corigliano, Pro Arte, Enso, and Arianna Quartets. At Spoleto Festival USA, he was concertmaster for U.S. premieres of little-known operas by Janacek, Henze, Bellini and Donizettil. He was a longtime member of the Honolulu Symphony, and for the past two summers has served as associate concertmaster at the Glimmerglass Festival. Other career highlights include appearing as a strolling violinist on ABC’s Lost, and playing for NBA star Grant Hill’s wedding. He has written extensively for Strings and Chamber Music magazines, and his novel The Tsimbalist was published in 2016.