The Art- Strings Ensemble was founded in 1997. They actively perform at the prestigious venues in the U.S. and overseas including Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall in NYC, Albert Hall (London) and Concertgebouw just to name a few. They also extensively teach in the greater New York, Nassau & Westchester counties as well as in neighboring states of New Jersey & Connecticut.

If you are looking for highly professional musicians to perform at your wedding - you have come to the right place! We are not a large agency - Art-Strings Ensembles is a group of select professionals who have been playing together for more than 15 years.

Our musicians have provided music entertainment for corporate functions such as United Nations Headquarters and MOMA in NYC, Merrill Lynch & Co. and many others. Also, we have performed at hundreds of private events. Estee Lauder, Richard Gere and Sarah Jessica Parker are among the people who have heard our music.

We offer the perfect combination of a friendly, professional service customized to the needs of your event. We will carefully select music pieces for your very special occasion. You will be entertained by distinguished artists who graduated from leading music schools in Europe and the US.

The members of The Art-Strings are also proud of their community work and educational programs. They regularly perform series of Educational Concerts for the public schools.

Alex Abaev, violinist and the leader of Art-Strings Ensembles is a native of Ukraine and a cum laude graduate of the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev. He is a winner of the Radio Record International Competition Concertino Prague, the Vox Populi Special Prize at the First International Music Festival of Regina and Vladimir Horowitz, the Seventh Pierre Lantier International Competition in Paris, France, and the Eleventh International Chamber Music Competition in Caltanissetta, Italy. Mr. Abayev has appeared in the solo and chamber music performances at Weil Recital Hall, Merkin Hall in New York, Boston's Seully Hall, and the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts in Arizona, among other venues. He participates in numerous music festivals, including Hunter Festival, the Arcadia Festival in Maine and the Orlando Festival in The Netherlands. Mr. Abayev plays as a Concertmaster with the Westchester Chamber Symphony (website). He recently joined the faculty of Adelphi University (website) as a Professor of Violin.