Violinist Natasha Makhijani has appeared as concertmaster of numerous orchestras, including the Oakland Symphony, the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music, and the Eastern Music Festival. Natasha has appeared as soloist with the Oakland Symphony, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, One Found Sound, and the National Repertory Orchestra.

She is a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco, the Associate Concertmaster of the Oakland Symphony, a member of the Santa Rosa Symphony, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and the Magik Magik Orchestra, and can also be seen performing with the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet orchestras.

Equally dedicated to teaching as she is to performing, Natasha is on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Pre-College Division, is a guest teaching artist at Young Chamber Musicians, a member of the chamber music and conducting staff of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, and maintains a private teaching studio. She has also held teaching positions at the Eastman School of Music, the San Domenico School Conservatory, and The Crowden Music Center.

Natasha holds a Bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music. Her principal teachers include Bettina Mussumeli, Zvi Zeitlin, and Charles Castleman.