Biography

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Talia Pavia (Master of Music, Bachelor of

Music, Performer’s Certificate - Northern

Illinois University) has toured both

nationally and internationally in chamber

music festivals including the Zeist Music

Days in the Netherlands. Talia studied with

the Grammy-nominated Vermeer Quartet

and trained in one of the world’s premier

string quartet programs under the auspices

of the Vermeer. She performed in a lecture

seminar by former Chicago Symphony

Orchestra Composer-in-Residence Augusta

Reed Thomas at the Green Lake Festival of

Music, where her chamber music

interpretations were called “remarkably

sensitive and mature” by John

von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune.

A versatile artist, Talia performs with

classical, jazz, and pop ensembles such as

Camerata Chicago, where she has been

appointed as Assistant Principal Second

Violin. She has played under the baton of

world-class conductors such as Daniel

Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, and Pierre

Boulez as a member of the Civic Orchestra

of Chicago. In addition to live concert

performances, Talia appeared as a soloist

with popular Ravinia pianist Chrisopher

O’Reilly for the Public Radio International

program “From the Top.” She has

performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the

Pritzker Pavilion, and the Auditorium

Theater as Co-Concertmaster of the Chicago

Jazz Philharmonic and the CJP Chamber

Ensemble, groups founded by visionary jazz

trumpeter and educator Orbert Davis. Over

the course of her career, Talia has played on

stage with renowned jazz artists including

Zach Brach, Kurt Elling, Dee Alexander,

Ernie Adams, Alan Vizzuti, and MacArthur

Genius Award winner Reginald Robinson.

Talia’s experience in world music includes

appearances with Mark O’Connor and with

Rana Santacruz at the Chicago World Music

Festival.