Grammy-nominated, award winning (Gold Medal at the 2017 & 2018 Global Music Awards), a concert violinist since the age of 4, a student of Henryk Szeryng and Josef Gingold, and a former Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York (first ever, and only, female concertmaster in the MET's entire history). Recent CD album reached No. 3 at BILLBOARD Charts
"A marvelous violinist in the tradition of Heifetz..." (AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE); "Hairpin clarity... infinitesimally detailed playing, bathed in sunshine" (THE STRAD); "Janos Starker & Elmira Darvarova in Kodály's Duo: the epitome of 2 powerful musicians as absolute equals" (FANFARE); "Ultra-impassioned, vividly detailed performances" (GRAMOPHONE); "Intoxicating tonal beauty, beguilingly sensuous phrasing, silky-smooth voluptious sound (THE STRAD); "Flawless technique and musicality, warm beautiful tone. A night to remember (CHICAGO TRIBUNE); "Sweet, flexible tone, fluid, finely balanced" (NEW YORK TIMES)