Icelandic-Slovenian violinist, Rannveig Marta Sarc, was born into a musical family and has performed throughout Asia, North-America and Europe. She has been a soloist with the Iceland Symphony, Slovene Philharmonic, Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Matutina, among others. As a chamber musician, she has performed with Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and appeared at festivals in Ravinia, Prussia Cove, Festival Mozaic, NEXUS- Chamber Music Chicago, Taos, Aspen and Kneisel Hall. Rannveig is a recipient of numerous awards, including the 2022 Luminarts Strings Fellowship, first prize of the 2021 Musicians Club of Women Scholarship Award, American Scandinavian Society Cultural Grant and was voted “Newcomer of the year” at the 2022 Icelandic Music Awards. Rannveig is an avid performer of contemporary music. As a member of Duo Freyja, she has released two albums of Icelandic duos for violin and viola, commissioned and premiered by the duo.

Rannveig held a one-year contract with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 2024-2025 and has been concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, Peoria Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Chicago and guest associate concertmaster of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Rannveig is based in Cincinnati, where she enjoys a versatile freelance career as a performer and teacher. She holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where she was a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. Her teachers were Catherine Cho, Laurie Smukler and Donald Weilerstein.