Violinist Aviva Hakanoglu enjoys a varied career as a performer, educator, and advocate for music in the community. As a member of the Euclid Quartet, she performs across the country and makes regular appearances at festivals such as Music Mountain and Mostly Modern. The quartet has released several albums on the label Afinat Records, including an album of short works, Breve, which was lauded by Gramophone magazine: “stunning… their command is exhilarating in its silken breadth and sleek virtuosity.”

In Fall 2026, she was appointed Assistant Professor of Violin at Pacific, and previously was on the faculty of Indiana University South Bend.

Hakanoglu has always actively searched for creative ways to bring music into her community. As Managing Director of Missouri Chamber Music, she supports the day-to-day operations of the MOCM Festival held in St. Louis annually in June and runs the Adult Chamber Music Intensive (ACMI). In addition, she organizes community events – performances, community gatherings, and chamber music reading parties – throughout St. Louis in collaboration with local establishments and organizations. In South Bend, she has organized musical events all over town, including at the Civil Rights Heritage Center and the St. Joseph County Public Library. She co-founded and co-directs of the Addicott Summer Chamber Music Festival, which invites two dozen young artists and world-renowned string quartets to the region for ten days of chamber music performances, masterclasses, and more. Previously, she served as assistant director of the Three Village Chamber Players, a chamber music collective that provides free concerts and educational events around Long Island.

An active orchestral musician, Aviva holds the principal second violin position of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, with which she has also been featured as a soloist. She has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and previously held positions with the Owensboro and Terre Haute Symphony Orchestras.

Dr. Hakanoglu earned her D.M.A. from Stony Brook University and her M.M. from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Music from Harvard University. Her teachers and mentors include Jennifer Frautschi, Philip Setzer, Simin Ganatra, the Pacifica Quartet, and the Emerson Quartet.