Biography

Isabella Amador (she/her) is a violinist and violin teacher based in San Francisco and Sunnyvale, California. She has won positions with the Symphony San Jose, Berkeley Symphony, and Marin Symphony, and performs regularly as a substitute with several other Bay Area orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Ballet.

She works with music students of all ages, teaching private violin lessons and coaching sectionals from the pre-school through college levels. Her students have been accepted to the SFCM Pre-College division and local youth orchestras including PACO, CYS, GSYO, and SJYS.

As a concerto soloist, she has performed with the Ann Arbor Camerata, Lincoln’s Symphony, and the Omaha Symphony. She was a fellow at music festivals including Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Kneisel Hall Chamber Festival and School, and the Aspen Music Festival and School.

She is passionate about chamber music and loves performing recently-composed works. As the former first violinist of the Converge String Quartet, she worked directly with composers, performing and recording many of their works for the first time.

She received her B.M. and M.M. in violin performance at the University of Michigan, where she studied with Danielle Belen and Fabiola Kim. She performed as concertmaster of both U-M university orchestras.