Violin Lessons with Vivek Menon

Vivek Menon is a violinist, teacher, songwriter, and session musician based in New York City.

Since he first picked up a violin at the age of three, Vivek has used music as an intensely personal and spiritual form of self-expression. He is a classically trained violinist, and has worked with notable classical musicians such as Ray Chen, Jennifer Koh, and Donald Weilerstein, as well as members of the Kronos, Emerson, Orion, and JACK string quartets.

Vivek holds bachelor's and master's degrees in violin performance from UNC Chapel Hill and Mannes School of Music. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at Stony Brook University, where he studies with Phil Setzer, Jennifer Frautschi, and Arnaud Sussmann.

Vivek loves to explore and experiment with what is possible on the violin, which has led to several improvisations and arrangements outside of classical music. His collaborations with experimental electronic musician Dasychira have been praised as “serene” (TANK Magazine) and “heavenly” (COLORXSTUDIOS). Most recently, his violin arrangements on Lei Line Eon, the latest album by acclaimed British musician Iglooghost, were described as "gorgeous" (Loud and Quiet Magazine), “haunting” ( ourculture), and “eloquent and inviting…[lending] a bittersweet timelessness” (The Guardian)