Violinist Raina Arnett performs internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Her recent festival appearances include the London Jazz Festival (UK), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Grafenegg Festival (Austria), Festival PAAX GNP (Mexico), Creative Dialogues XI (Finland), Bach Virtuosi Festival (USA), and Bang on a Can Long Play Festival (USA). 

Raina previously performed as a member of the Southbank Sinfonia in London, with whom she frequently served as concertmaster, toured throughout the UK and Italy, and performed as a soloist on Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending. Highlights of recent and upcoming seasons include leading the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra in Switzerland; performing at Carnegie Hall and National Sawdust with Ensemble Signal; premiering her debut composition, “abash the little Bird” for violin, soprano, electronics, and motion sensor at the Anita Rogers Gallery (NYC); and performing Tzigane as a soloist with the New Amsterdam Symphony.

Passionate about contemporary music, Raina is a founder of the contemporary group the Glass Clouds Ensemble, a chamber music collective which performs imaginative concerts of classical & contemporary music on environmental themes. They have been invited to artist residencies at the Yellow Barn Institute, the Banff Centre, and the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. The Glass Clouds Ensemble is a recipient of grants from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Chamber Music America, and the Juilliard School. 

Raina’s mentors include Leila Josefowicz, Brad Lubman, Lewis Kaplan, and Renee Jolles. She is a recent MM graduate of the Juilliard School and is based in New York City.