Grammy Award-Winning Artist and Music-Tech Entrepreneur
Miri ben-ari
TOPICS - • Achievement • Business • Challenge
• Communication • Creativity • Excellence
• Inspirational • Motivation • Music • Teamwork
miri ben-ari - PROGRAMS
- Music Can Inspire Your Business
- "How to make the violin cool"
- Music & teamwork
- "4 Ways To Thrive With Harmony"
Violin Legend
“I want to thank Miri Ben-Ari for her outstanding talent!”
-President Barack Obama
“Miri Ben-Ari is Phenomenal…”
-Sumner Redstone (Viacom CBS)
“Miri is one of the greatest violinists I have ever seen!”
-Ron Perelman (Revlon)
“World Best Violinist”
- Wyclef Jean (the Fugees)
"Her creative energy canset a band on fire and it does!"
- Wynton Marsalis
"If you want to get jazzed up or relax at home, you put on
Miri Ben-Ari!"
- Hillary Clinton
"Miri takes hip hop to the next millennium...A Hip Hop Violinist!"
- Jay Z
"Miri Ben-Ari is to hip-hop now what Miles Davis was to Jazz back in the day!"
- Kanye West
"It is important that young women have strong role models like you to look up to."
- First Lady Michelle Obama
"Miri, you are an amazing artist and I am very grateful for your talent!!"
- President Bill Clinton
miri ben-ari - BIOGRAPHY
Miri Ben-Ari is a groundbreaking violinist- producer and music-tech entrepreneur. She is the first—and only—violinist to win a Grammy Award in the Hip Hop category and also become an “Apollo Legend”. In 2025 she became the first recording artist to headline Game 7 of the NBA Finals. A true music pioneer, she has contributed to the sale of millions of records through her collaborations with global icons including Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Wynton Marsalis, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Akon, Donna Summer, Janet Jackson, John Legend, Aventura, Armin Van Buuren, and many more.
In 2024, Ben-Ari founded MusicX, a music-tech startup focused on developing an innovative approach to music streaming designed for teens. Beyond her musical and tech achievements, Miri is a UN Goodwill Ambassador of Music to the United Nations and is deeply committed to creating social impact through the power of music. Her latest initiative, Symphony of Brotherhood, is an educational program in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Education and the New Jersey Lieutenant Governor, Tahesha Way.
Originally from Israel, she studied under the late classical master Isaac Stern and went on to create a unique sound—a revolutionary fusion of classical, hip-hop, and dance music recognized as a musical pioneer. Her endorsement deals and campaigns include Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Vodafone, Reebok, and Harman Kardon.
Among her accolades are the
Grammy Award for “Best Rap Song,” an “Apollo Legend” from the Apollo Theater in New York City, “International Jewish Woman to Watch,” the Martin Luther King Award from Israeli President Shimon Peres, “Remarkable Woman” from First Lady Michelle Obama, the “Girl Up Advocate Award” from the United Nations Foundation, the “Ellis Island Medal of Honor”
from Neco, and the “Making a Difference” award from The Anti-Defamation League.