Elizabeth Pitcairn (born December 5, 1973) is a renowned American classical violinist who is noted for performing on the 1720 Red Mendelssohn Antonio Stradivari violin.

Her great grandfather John Pitcairn Jr., a Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist, was the co-founder of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company.

“I owe everything I am to my mother, who with extreme perseverance taught me and guided me musically.”[1] After attending the Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, Pitcairn graduated from the University of Southern California, where she later taught alongside her former teacher, the renowned violin professor Robert Lipsett.

Pitcairn performs on the 1720 Red Mendelssohn violin made by Antonio Stradivari, said to have inspired the Academy Award–winning film The Red Violin, and is featured on the 10th Anniversary edition of The Red Violin DVD in a special commentary called “The Auction Block.”[2][3] Pitcairn was a senior in high school when her grandfather gave her the instrument as a gift after making the winning bid during a 1990 Christie’s auction in London.

Since its inception in 1980, the camp has maintained strong relations with musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York City Ballet who perform every summer in nearby Saratoga Springs.