Sara Umanskaya is an Israeli violist born in 2001, began her studies in the Raanana Music Center with Marina Ziskind, received a bachelor’s degree in the Barenboim-Said Academy with Yulia Deyneka, and is currently completing her Master’s degree in UdK Berlin with Sascha Frömbling.

Sara has gained significant chamber and orchestral music experience throughout the years. Sara has attended renown orchestral festivals such as the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra (2024) conducted by Manfred Honeck, Estonian Festival Orchestra under the baton of Paavo Järvi (2022) and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra tour of 2023, conducted by Jakub Hrusa. Sara also led the viola section of the Verbier Festival Youth Orchestra at age 16 and 17, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, James Gafigan and Stanislav Kochanovsky. At the moment Sara is completing her academy position in the Deutsche Symphony Orchestra.

Her chamber music experience was shaped and inspired by playing throughout the years under the guidance of Sergey Bresler of the Jerusalem Quartet, Krzysztof Chorzelski of Belcea quartet and Artis quartet. In addition, Sara had received chamber music and solo lessons from Daniel Barenboim, András Schiff, Kim Kashkashian, Tatjana Masurenko and Roland Glassl.

Sara is a frequent participant of the Itzhak Perlman Music Program in the US and Israel, and a recipient of the AICF scholarship of excellence in 2017, 2019 and 2024.