Basma is a certified Suzuki violin teacher who specializes in starting beginners of all ages on the violin. She also teaches the violin at the collegiate level at Santa Clara University. Basma Edrees is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she received her Master’s in Violin Performance and Mannes School of Music where she received her Bachelor’s degree. She has served as Associate Concert Master of the Oakland Symphony during their 2015-2016 season and has been invited to sub for the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, San Jose Opera Orchestra as well as the Santa Rosa Symphony. Basma has also performed as a soloist in various countries including the USA, Montenegro, Ethiopia and her native country, Egypt. Equally at home with Arabic music, Basma is the founder of Music in-Takht; an instrumental ensemble dedicated to preserving Egyptian musical heritage in the SF Bay Area. She has been invited to give Arabic Music workshops at UC Berkeley and Stanford and has taught Arabic music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Basma was invited to play on the soundtrack of Assassin’s Creed Mirage alongside members of the New York Arabic Orchestra. Having also studied Tango violin with Guillermo Rubino, who is the director of strings at the prestigious Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce in Buenos Aires, Basma is currently a member of Lee/Edrees Tango Duo with Bay Area Tango pianist Sumi Lee as well as the Charles Gorczynski Tango quartet West.
