"What first impresses you in Virgil Boutellis-Taft's playing is the plenitude of a warm and pure sound, elegant and sensual" Alain Duault, Classica. Hailed by critics as an "outstanding violinist", "of fiery temperament", with "intense, brilliant, sumptuous sound" and "impressive virtuosity", Virgil Boutellis-Taft performs as soloist and chamber musician in major international concert halls: Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Benaroya Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Salle Gaveau, the Phillips Collection, Tel Aviv Opera. Next season, Virgil will perform with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, Carnegie Hall and the Berlin Philharmonie. First Prize of the Conservatoire de Paris at age 16 and a laureate of the Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation, Virgil continued his education at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, at the Royal College of Music in London and at Tel Aviv University for a post doc, as part of its "International Music Program". Throughout his studies, he worked with soloists and pedagogues such as Michèle Auclair, Zakhar Bron, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Schlomo Mintz, Igor Oistrakh, Haim Taub, Hagai Shaham, Almita Vamos. In 2010, he won the first prize of the ISA international competition in Austria. In 2012, he became a Laureate of the Banque Populaire Foundation.