Miriam Fried (born 9 September 1946)[1][2] is a Romanian-born Israeli classical violinist and pedagogue.
Miriam Fried was born in Satu Mare, Romania[2] but moved with her family to Israel when she was aged 2.
[2][3] Miriam Fried is the dedicatee and first performer of the Violin Concerto by Donald Erb.
She plays a 1718 Stradivarius believed to have been formerly owned by Louis Spohr, and also by Regina Strinasacchi, for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Sonata in B-flat, K.
[5] She is married to the violinist and violist Paul Biss, the son of the Russian-born cellist Raya Garbousova.