Violinist and actor Liana Branscome is a multidimensional soloist and chamber musician concertizing across the United States. She has performed solo and chamber concerts in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Van Cliburn Hall, the Newport Music Festival and has served as Artist in Residence at the Heifetz Institute, the Windwood Music Festival and Auras Nunes Aula de Cámara in Santiago, Spain. Liana is the prize-winner of several competitions including the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Competition, Boca Raton Symphonia Concerto Competiton, Ars Flores Symphony Competition and the New World Symphony Young Artist Competition. She has appeared as soloist with orchestras in both the United States and Bulgaria.
Liana has appeared in chamber performances alongside artists such as Time for Three, David Krakauer, Vijay Gupta, Victor Rosenbaum, the Ariel Quartet, the Harlem Quartet, Nicholas Kitchen, and Ed Sheeran. Liana served as guest artist at the Amelia Island Christopher Rex Music String Seminar, the Texas Chamber Music Institute and the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival and was a member of the Rose Quartet for their 2023-2024 season.
Liana received her Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory and her Master of Music from the University of Southern California and has studied under teachers such as Glenn Dicterow, Paul Biss, Lucy Chapman, David Cerone, Linda Cerone and Patrick Clifford.
Liana is on faculty at the Stringendo School for Strings at the Palm Beach Atlantic University where she teaches both acting and violin. She has presented numerous masterclasses and recitals at schools throughout the US. Liana is a regular artist at The Orchestra San Antonio and plays on a 2023 Giancarlo Arcieri violin.
As an actor, Liana has performed lead roles in stage productions of works by Bertolt Brecht and Ferdinand Bruckner and stars in Jack is Haunted (2026), a short film directed by Daniel Deneau and The Chosen (2026), directed by Alex Qu. She is currently in production for Still Here, directed by Nick Menendez under NMF Productions.
