Violist Meena Bhasin has performed throughout the US, Japan, China, and Israel in such venues as Lincoln Center, the United Nations, the Hammerstein Ballroom, and Mann Auditorium in Tel-Aviv. She received instruction and guidance from Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program, which led to engagements including an appearance with Mr. Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, and the Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. In 2007 Meena completed a dual degree program at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory, where she was the recipient of the 2006 Presser Award. Her teachers have included Patinka Kopec and Martha Strongin Katz. Meena hopes to forge a career that uses music to facilitate crosscultural dialogue. As part of her fellowship program, Meena taught in Queens, at MS 72.