Iza Kamnitzer has been playing the violin since age four and is a student of Andrée Azar at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal. Iza also benefits from inspiring coachings with Johanne Arel, director of the Camp musical des Laurentides.
Iza has participated in several competitions, including the 2025 Canadian Music Competition, where she earned first place in the strings competition for 7 – 10-year-olds, and the 2022 OMNI Music Competition, where she was awarded the Yannick Nézet-Séguin Grand Prize.
Her public performances include playing a series of concerts with Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà in 2023, including at the Maison Symphonique in Montréal. In 2024, she was featured in the gala concert Grande Première des futures étoiles at Place-des-Arts.
Iza also enjoys playing duets with her fellow violin student Ren Karlicek. They have performed together with the Sinfonia de l’Ouest in 2024, and with I Musici de Montréal in 2023.
When Iza isn’t holding a violin, she is almost certainly holding a book. When she isn’t holding a violin or a book, she enjoys looking at onion cells under her microscope, going wild with her sisters, and playing soccer, even if she doesn’t score many goals.
Iza plays a 19th century Enrico Ceruti violin and a Prosper Colas bow, both graciously loaned by Canimex Inc. from Drummondville (Québec, Canada). — Updated: 2026
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