Lana Auerbach

Lana Auerbach is a versatile violinist, fiddler, and educator based in Newtown, Connecticut, whose career spans classical concert stages, chamber series, and roots music traditions across the Northeast. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory (BM) and Bard College’s The Orchestra Now (MM), she serves as concertmaster of the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra, performs with ensembles like the Hudson Valley and Syracuse Orchestras, and leads her ensemble, the Solstice Piano Trio. As a fiddle player, Lana performs with her string band Bugs on a Log and leads a community Old Time Jam in Redding, CT. Also a dedicated educator specializing in the Suzuki Method at the Newtown Suzuki School, she brings music to young audiences through Harmonious Tales—a creative series pairing storytelling with live bluegrass, folk, and chamber music arrangements.