Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez

Violinist Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez has performed classical, contemporary, and tango music around the world. As soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer, he has been heard in 16 countries across four continents. In 2021, he was appointed Principal Second Violin of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Jeremías left his home country at the age of 18 and developed a deep orchestral resume: in addition to the MET, he was a member of both the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Chicago’s Grant Park Symphony, toured extensively with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and has served as concertmaster of the New York Classical Players.

As a soloist, recent performances include an Argentine tour alongside Camerata Rosario performing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, in addition to solo performances with the Ridgefield Symphony and the Northport Symphony.

Throughout his career, Jeremías has been invited to the world’s most elite summer festivals, including the Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo, Taos, Kneisel, Aspen, and Schleswig-Holstein. He is an Artist Faculty member of the Charles Ives Music Festival.

Outside the orchestra, Jeremías remains an active chamber musician. In 2021, he made his Weill Hall debut performing works for violin and piano by Florence Price alongside Yannick Nézet-Séguin as part of The MET Orchestra Chamber Ensemble concert series, and is a former member of the Frisson Ensemble—with whom he was featured in NPR’s Performance Today. Holding close to his Argentinian roots, Jeremías enjoys playing tango. He is a former member of the Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet, winners of the 2018 Latin GRAMMY® Award. Currently, Jeremías is a member of the NYC—based Sonora Collective, a musicians collective that creates vibrant performance experiences in special venues and art installation spaces.

In 2016, following the previous year’s devastating earthquake, Jeremías joined the acclaimed violinist Midori in Nepal for a benefit string quartet tour of refugee camps, hospitals, and schools, culminating in a performance at the United Nations in Kathmandu. Later in 2017, the same group would conduct a quartet tour across Japan, with feature performances in Tokyo’s Oji Hall and Osaka’s Phoenix Hall.

After picking up his violin at the age of 3, Jeremías first toured his home country as a soloist at 10, and returned to win First Prize at the Argentine Hebrew Foundation Competition. He owes much of his great fortune to the violinist Miriam Fried who, upon their meeting at a music festival in Brazil, encouraged a young Jeremías to study with her at the New England Conservatory, where he received his Bachelor of Music. Jeremías holds additional degrees from The Juilliard School (M.M.) and the Manhattan School of Music (P.S.C.) and is also deeply grateful to his other primary teachers: Ronald Copes, Glenn Dicterow, Fernando Hasaj, Lisa Kim, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Fabricio Valvasori.

He is based in New York City, where he lives with his wife, the flutist and social media influencer Katie “katieflute” Althen-Velázquez, and their Havanese dog Miguel.