Evan Price is a versatile violinist and composer best known for his work with the paradigm-shifting chamber ensemble, The Turtle Island Quartet, and with The Hot Club of San Francisco, the most venerable gypsy jazz band in North America. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he grew up studying classical violin while mixing with folk and jazz musicians of all stripes, learning to fiddle and improvise in various styles as well as teaching himself to play numerous folk instruments. He also developed a love of chamber music and with it a taste for composing and arranging, greatly inspired by the early recordings of Turtle Island. He joined that group at age 24 and within a year was also playing with the Hot Club of San Francisco. In 2016, he composed and performed his first large-scale work, a Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra, and recorded his debut solo album, “Dialogues.” Both reveal an artist with not only the ability to traverse far-ranging genres with authority but the maturity to assimilate them into a uniquely American voice. 2022 saw the premier of “Letters From Brno,” an award-winning documentary film featuring original chamber music by Evan. And in 2024, his concerto for two mandolins, “A Game Of Cat and Mike,” was premiered by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra with Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg, soloists. His current projects include leading his own jazz trio, continuing to perform with the HCSF, directing the International Space Orchestra, and performing with the San Francisco Ballet and Opera Orchestras. He is the recipient of 2 GRAMMY® awards for his work with Turtle Island.