WilliamHarvey

Nominated for 2 Latin Grammys in 2021, violinist, composer, & conductor William Harvey is the first American to serve as concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. From 2010 to 2014, he taught violin & conducted the Afghan Youth Orchestra at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. He conducted that orchestra eight times for President Hamid Karzai and in 2013, on a tour to Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. William has served as concertmaster of orchestras in Africa and North and South America, and appeared as soloist with orchestras in the US, El Salvador, Mexico, Argentina, and the Philippines. He has a master's from Juilliard and a bachelor's from IU Jacobs School of Music. His compositions have received over 100 performances around the world; 4 American orchestras have programmed his violin concerto, “Seven Decisions of Gandhi”. As founder of Cultures in Harmony, he has led more than 40 cultural diplomacy projects in 16 countries, from Pakistan to Cameroon.