Avi Stein, harpsichord

Avi Stein teaches harpsichord and coaches vocal repertoire and chamber music at Yale University. He is Music Director at St. Matthew & St. Timothy Episcopal Church in New York and an active continuo accompanist who has played with many ensembles such as the Clarion Music Society, the Baroque Orchestras of Los Angeles, Seattle and Indianapolis and the Warsaw, Toulouse and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras as well as his own chamber groups La Monica and X579.

Avi is currently finishing his doctoral studies in organ and harpsichord at Indiana University and holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the University of Southern California and was a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship for study in Toulouse. Avi was previously the assistant organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo, New York. He has performed throughout the United States, in Europe, Canada, and Central America. He has also conducted a variety of ensembles including the recent debut of the OperaOmnia company in a production of Monteverdi’s Poppea and a series called the 4x4 Festival that put together four programs in four days of 17th century music from four countries, using many of New York’s best baroque musicians.