We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Elena Chernova-Davis as faculty in the School of Music at the University of Arizona as Assistant Professor of Music-Violin.
Prize winner of the Aleksander Glazunov International Competition (Paris), Dr. Elena Chernova-Davis enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, and dedicated pedagogue. Dr. Chernova-Davis performs as Concertmaster of National Concerts at Carnegie Hall and has appeared as a soloist with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Nova, and the National Orchestra of Uzbekistan. She has worked with conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Esa Pekka-Salonen, Gerard Schwarz, Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Jeffrey Tate, with musicians from the Orchestra of St. Lukes, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, performing at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Le Poisson Rouge, Madison Square Garden, and Radio City Music Hall.
An avid chamber musician, she has performed worldwide including concerts in Italy, Panama City, the Brevard Music Center, the Patagonia Opera House, and with colleagues from the Borodin, Orion, and American string quartets. She regularly appears with the Riverside Chamber Players and the Pedro Giraudo Tango Ensemble, and Arizona Friends of Chamber Music and Con Vivo Music. Dr. Chernova-Davis also has a deep passion for interdisciplinary collaboration, having organized and performed in projects involving dancers, visual artists, actors, storytellers, poets, and non-Western composers. Dr. Chernova-Davis has been published in Strad Magazine (October 2025) and is a member of the American String Teachers Association.
She has been a faculty member at Rutgers University and Montclair State University, and at prestigious summer festivals including Brevard Music Center, the Bay View Chamber Music Festival, and InterHarmony International Music Festival. After graduating with honors as a full-scholarship student from the Tashkent State Conservatory, she continued her studies in the United States with Misha Vitenson, Elmar Oliveira, Mikhail Kopelman, and Shmuel Ashkenasi. Congratulations, Dr. Elena Chernova-Davis, and welcome to the U of A School of Music!