Irina knaster

Founder and Artistic Director

Irina Knaster is the Founder and Artistic Director of Aspect Chamber Music Series, a non-profit organization established in London in 2011 and expanded to New York in 2016. Irina’s background and education are richly varied: she has a degree in Piano Performance (former USSR), in English Literature (USA), and in Law (USA), followed by ten years of international corporate law practice.

However, it was a Master’s in History of Art (UK) which translated into the impulse to create Aspect and develop a novel concert format Music in Context, a blend of performance and illustrated lecture, in which music is explored through the prism of the art, history, literature, and philosophies of its time. Aspect has become one of New York’s finest and most respected music institutions, one that transforms the traditional recital into an intimate, engaging, and thought-provoking experience.