The Hip-Hop Violinist

Miri Ben-Ari was born and raised in Israel where she was classically-trained on the violin. The famous violinist, Isaac Stern, recognized her talent when she was 14 and recommended her for a scholarship to the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. While she was serving in the Israeli military she played with the prestigious Israeli Army String Quartet. She became interested in jazz and decided to move to the United States to study it. She has collaborated with artists such as Alicia Keys, Kanye West, and Akon, and just released her song and video, "Symphony of Brotherhood," which uses Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.