

"Total command of music and instrument with an excellent sense of style and character."
Maestro Lawrence Rapchak

About Claire
Renowned violinist Claire Bourg has captivated audiences across the United States and Europe with her performances as both a soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared in many prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Kimmel Center, Bremen’s Kleiner Saal, Pritzker Pavilion, Jordan Hall, and the Fryderyk Chopin University Hall in Warsaw. In 2021, she performed Mozart’s First Violin Concerto as a soloist with the Camerata Bern in Hannover.
Claire is a distinguished laureate of several competitions, receiving the prestigious 2021 Luminarts Fellowship, second prize at the 2020 Barbash J.S. Bach Competition, and winning the New England Conservatory Competition. She has been recognized at numerous international competitions such as the Joachim International Competition, Kreisler International Competition, Singapore International Competition, and was selected among 24 violinists for the Concours musical International de Montréal. In 2024, she performed at Brussels’ Studio 4 in Flagey as part of the esteemed Queen Elisabeth Competition.
A sought-after chamber musician, Claire has collaborated with preeminent artists such as Mitsuko Uchida, Kim Kashkashian, Jörg Widmann, Ida Kavafian, and Frans Helmerson. She is a regular performer with Musicians from Marlboro, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Music for Food, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, and Curtis on Tour, and previously served as concertmaster of Symphony in C in Philadelphia.
Claire was a resident artist at the Marlboro Music Festival for three years and participated in the Evnin Rising Stars program at Caramoor during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. She has also appeared at Festival Mozaic, Yellow Barn, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Taos Chamber Music Festival, IMS—Prussia Cove, and Gstaadt Menuhin Festival Academy. Claire is dedicated to exploring contemporary works, having collaborated closely with composers Augusta Read Thomas, Jörg Widmann, David Ludwig, Steven Mackey, and Bright Sheng.
Ms. Bourg holds degrees from New England Conservatory, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Juilliard School, where she received a Kovner Fellowship. Her primary mentors have included Miriam Fried, Pamela Frank, Arnold Steinhardt, and Joseph Lin. Currently, Claire resides in New York City where she is pursuing her Doctorate at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center under the guidance of Mark Steinberg.
Claire performs on a violin by Zosimo Bergonzi of Cremona, circa 1770, generously on loan through Guarneri Hall NFP and Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins, Chicago.