Israeli violinist Gregory Ahss made his solo debut under Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart Bologna. He went on to perform regularly with Abbado, who appointed him concertmaster of the Luzern Festival Orchestra.

Gregory’s recording of Haydn’s Symphony Concertante with Orchestra Mozart under the baton of Claudio Abbado has won numerous prestigious awards including ICMA the best concerto of the year 2015.

As a soloist he also appeared with such conductors as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Teodor Currentzis, Daniel Blendulf and Andres Orozco Estrada, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart Bologna, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Munich Symphony orchestra and Camerata Salzburg.

Gregory is regularly invited to take part in educational projects and masterclasses at Villa Musica, Mozarteum Salzburg, Maastricht Conservatory, Australian National Academy of Music, Orchestrzentrum Dortmund, ZHDK, HSLU and El Sistema Venezuela.

He is also a jury member at Mozarteum Salzburg and Sendai International Music competition.

Among his chamber music partners are Natalia Gutman, Janine Jansen, Vilde Frang, James Ehnes, Lawrence Power, Emmanuel Pahud, Gautier Capuçon, Nicolas Altstaed, Sabine Meyer, Alexander Melnikov and Fazil Say.

He also performed as a violin duo partner with Pinchas Zukerman.

Gregory has appeared as guest director with such notable ensembles as the Mahler chamber orchestra, Orchestra Mozart Bologna, Luzern Symphony orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic, Zürich Chamber Orchestra, Gran Canaria Philharmonic orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra leading the repertoire ranging from chamber symphonies to full symphonic literature from the violin.

Gregory Srarted his education in his native Moscow, at the Gnessin School of Music. He continued his studies with Lena Mazor and Irina Svetlova at the Israel Conservatory, Tel-Aviv Music Academy and later at the New England Conservatory in Boston in the class of Donald Weilerstein.

He previously held a position of concertmaster of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and currently is a Concertmaster of Camerata Salzburg, Luzern Symphony orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.