Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is an outstanding artist of passion, energy, and authenticity in the recital and chamber music arenas. A Sphinx MPower Artist Grant Recipient and a top laureate of the 2020 Sphinx Competition, Bak is also a winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition, Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize, and Special Prize from the Tertis Viola Competition. Jordan Bak is a member of the celebrated New York Classical Players and is a featured artist for WQXR’s inaugural Artist Propulsion Lab.

His recent recitals at Merkin Concert Hall, The National Arts Club, and the American Viola Society, as well as performances at WQXR/WNYC’s The Greene Space, The Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Kaufman Music Center’s Musical Storefronts, and Marlboro Music Festival. As a chamber musician, he concertized at Alice Tully Hall, Jordan Hall, Tobin Center, Verbier Festival, Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, the Centre de Musique Hindemith, Helsinki Musiikkitalo, among many others.

Only the third violist in history to earn the Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, Jordan Bak holds a BM from New England Conservatory and a MM from The Juilliard School, where he won the 2017 Concerto Competition and was awarded the prestigious Kovner Fellowship. His primary teachers include Hsin-Yun Huang, Dimitri Murrath, Samuel Rhodes, and master classes for Atar Arad, Gerard Caussé, Nobuko Imai, and Tabea Zimmermann. A New York native, Bak is on the roster of the Concert Artists Guild.