Mark Karlinsky began his violin studies with Anna Rosnovsky in 2006 at the ‘Musicians of Tomorrow’ Music School, founded by Maxim Vengerov. Karlinsky continued his violin studies with Irina Etigon (a student of David Oistrakh) and between 2019-2022 Mark studied with Mihaela Martin at the Barenboim-Said Akademie Berlin. Mark has participated in numerous concerts and festivals in Israel and abroad. He has performed as a soloist with leading Israeli orchestras, including the IPO and the Israel Camerata Jerusalem. He has also performed internationally in such venues as the Lincoln Center and the UN Headquarters in New York, as well as throughout Europe. Since 2015, he has participated in the Jerusalem Music Centre’s Outstanding Young Musicians programmes. Between 2020-2021, he took part at the TONALi Academy, a creative artist’s community based in Hamburg. Mark has received scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, the Buchman-Heyman Foundation, and the Zfunot Tarbut Foundation.

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