a concerto for her that had its world premiere with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (September 2009). In 2014 she gave the world premiere of the concerto Duende written for her by Luca Francesconi, for which he won the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award. In 2015 she gave the world premiere of the concerto Scheherazade.2, written for Josefowicz by John Adams, with the New York Philharmonic. Josefowicz continues to play traditional masterworks and contemporary compositions with ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Salonen), New York City Ballet Orchestra (Salonen), San Francisco Symphony (Adams and Salonen), St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (Adès), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Matthews), New World Symphony (Adès), Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Knussen), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (Mackey), Cleveland Orchestra (Adams), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Adès), Minnesota Orchestra (Vänskä), and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Adès). Some of her recent and upcoming engagements in Europe include appearances with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich and Czech Philharmonics, and the London Symphony; performances of the new Salonen concerto in Paris, Stockholm, Lisbon and Ferrara, Italy with the composer on the podium; and a fifth appearance at the London Proms. Josefowicz received an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1994. In 2007 she was named a USA Cummings Fellow, United States Artists. For her advocacy of new contemporary works for the violin, Josefowicz was named a 2008 MacArthur Fellow. In 2018 she was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize References External links Leila Josefowicz – The Official Website Cummings Foundation Fellows 2007 United States Artists Arts Advocacy Organization. photo link 1977 births American classical violinists Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian classical violinists Canadian people of English descent Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent Jewish Canadian musicians Living people Musicians from Mississauga Musicians from Los Angeles Curtis Institute of Music alumni MacArthur Fellows Child classical musicians Jewish classical violinists Women classical violinists 21st-century American women musicians 21st-century classical violinists 20th-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers Canadian women violinists and fiddlers 21st-century American violinists