Violinist Zina Schiff's playing has been described by the New York Times as "Luscious high voltage... vintage Heifetz." A prot�g�e of the legendary Jascha Heifetz, Zina has captivated audiences and critics with her passion and communicative power, soloing with major orchestras and in recital on four continents. 

Of her eleven CDs, Zina's highly acclaimed debut recordings, Bach/Vivaldi and The Lark Ascending, were as soloist with the Israel Philharmonic. Three recital discs, King David's Lyre, Here's One, and Music of Cecil Burleigh were selected Critics Choice of the Year by American Record Guide. Her latest orchestral CD, on the Naxos label, is the music of Ernest Bloch accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, which was named "Recording of the Month" by MusicWeb International and given a perfect 10/10 rating by ClassicsToday.com.   

Zina recorded the sound track for the MGM movie, "The Fixer", composed by Academy-Award-winner Maurice Jarre. Television viewers worldwide saw her on the PBS Nova program "What Is Music?" performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto on an experimental violin designed by Texas A&M Professor Joseph Nagyvary.

Winner of the junior and senior auditions of the Philadelphia Orchestra while a student at The Curtis Institute of Music, Zina received the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Award, San Francisco Symphony Foundation Award, and a grant from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music. Musical America named her an "Outstanding Young Artist", and Glamour Magazine selected her one of the "Top Ten College Winners" while at the University of California at Berkeley.

Zina has previously performed in the area at the Isabella Gardner Museum and at the Newport Festival, and she is delighted with her recent move to Boston with her husband, Dr. Ronald Eisenberg, who is a radiologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.       

Audiences on four continents have been spellbound by Zina's "sensational violin talent" (San Francisco Chronicle) and her "complete mastery of the violin" (London Daily Telegraph).

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