Hearth Ariel Horowitz

• 1 Poldini: La Poupée valsante, (Arr. for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler) 02:17
• 2 Horowitz: Solitude 04:05
• 3 Still: Summerland 03:44
• 4 Horowitz: cider donuts 03:14
• 5 Szymanowski: Nocturne, Op. 28: No. 1 05:30
• 6 Horowitz: not that bad 03:47
• 7 Horowitz: How Do You Tell Your Child? 02:19
• 8 Szymanowski: Tarantella, Op. 28: No. 2 05:35
• 9 Horowitz: Phoenix 00:43
• Total Runtime 31:14

Info for Hearth

With her debut album Hearth, violinist & composer Ariel Horowitz invites you to gather and warm up around the fire. Hailed by the Washington Post as “sweetly lyrical,” Ariel offers a dialogue of classical works and original songs, spoken word, and soundscapes; Kreisler, Still, and Szymanowski alongside her own cider donuts, Solitude, How Do You Tell Your Child?, and not that bad. hearth’s varied soundworlds tell stories centering healing, community, and liberation.

Ariel Horowitz, violin

Ariel Horowitz Hailed by The Washington Post as “Sweetly Lyrical,” violinist, composer, and community organizer Ariel Horowitz (they/them or she/her) cannot remember life before loving music. In 2020, Ariel joined the prestigious Concert Artists Guild roster for North American management, and enjoys an active touring schedule as a soloist and as one-half of Vision Duo, an ensemble formed with fellow CAG artist Britton-René Collins in 2021. As a composer, songwriter, and avid improviser, Ariel's original music centers themes of healing, community, and liberation. She has performed her compositions and songs around the world, including at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. As a community organizer, Ariel is honored to be the Founder and Artistic Director of the Heartbeat Music Project, a tuition-free program offering music and Navajo (Diné) cultural education as well as direct aid resources to young people in grades K-12 living on the Navajo Nation. Ariel's organizing for this work is as a long-term co-conspirator for Indigenous-led decolonization and landback efforts, and as a guest on the sovereign Navajo Nation. In 2022, HMP received the Lewis Prize for Music’s Accelerator Award in the amount of $500,000 to support their work with Navajo youth. Ariel’s debut album Hearth, which features original compositions, poetry, and songs bookended by works of the Western classical canon, will be released in October 2024.