Jourdan Urbach (born December 5, 1991) is an American entrepreneur and retired professional violinist/composer. He currently resides in New York City, USA.

Early life and education

Jourdan Urbach was born on December 5, 1991 on Long Island in New York State. Urbach began playing the violin in 1994 at the age of 2 weeks old and was playing professionally by the time he was 7. He made his debut at

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

when he was 6 years old. Urbach founded two non-profits that raise money to fight children's neurological diseases: Children Helping Children and Concerts for a Cure. Children Helping Children is a charity organization that performs at places like

and

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 ...

. Concerts for a Cure had raised over $4.7 million dollars by the time Urbach started attending college. Urbach was also involved at an early age in Alzheimer's research at

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neuroscience, botany, genomics, and quantitative biology. It is located in Laurel Hollow, New York, in Nassau County, on ...

. Urbach studied at Juilliard School and later enrolled as an undergraduate at Yale, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. During this time, he wrote the score for the short film "Elah and the Moon," which debuted at the

Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Enterprises. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. The festival ...

. As an undergraduate, Urbach started the International Coalition of College Philanthropists (ICCP). The ICCP is “a council of college-age philanthropic entrepreneurs dedicated to coordinating and maximizing the effectiveness of fundraising operations at college campuses across the world.” Urbach wrote the score for the trailer of the 2012 Columbia Film Festival. Shortly before graduation, he was awarded a National Jefferson Award.

Later life

Urbach later moved back to New York as the National Director of the Jefferson Awards. Urbach has also worked as a Goodwill Ambassador to the UN Arts for Peace Council.

References

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