Rannveig Marta Sarc, Violinist

Icelandic-Slovenian violinist Rannveig Marta Sarc enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player and teacher.

Rannveig has appeared as soloist with the Iceland Symphony, Slovene Philharmonic, Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, Iceland Youth Symphony, Orchestra Matutina, “Mihail Jora” Philharmonic and Reykjavik College of Music orchestras, among others.

As a chamber musician, she has performed with Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago and attended festivals such as Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Festival Mozaic, Tallgrass Chamber Music Festival, Open Chamber Music in Prussia Cove, Taos School of Music, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival, Thy Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and School and Sarasota Music Festival. She has collaborated with artists such as Natasha Brofsky, Catherine Cho, Timothy Eddy, Frans Helmerson, Thomas Riebl, Laurie Smukler and performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall.

Rannveig is a recipient of numerous awards, including the 2022 Luminarts Classical Strings Fellowship and first prize at the 2021 Musicians Club of Women Scholarship Award.

Rannveig is an avid performer of contemporary music. As a member of Duo Freyja, she has released two albums of Icelandic duos for violin and viola, commissioned and premiered by the duo. She is passionate about community engagement and regularly performs concerts in prisons and hospitals for the non-profit “Project: Music Heals Us.”

Rannveig holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where she was a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. Her teachers include Catherine Cho, Laurie Smukler, Donald Weilerstein and Robert Mealy on baroque violin.