*MSO core musician
Ausra Jasineviciute was born in Lithuania, where she began her violin studies at age 8. While in college, she switched from violin to viola and in 1997 earned her Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from the Academy of Music in Vilnius. She received Master of Social Sciences from Vilnius Pedagogical University in 1999.
In 2001 Ms. Jasineviciute came to the United States, where in 2004 she earned her Master of Music in Viola Performance from Southeastern Louisiana University and in 2011 her Doctorate in Music Performance from Florida State University.
Since 2005 Ms. Jasineviciute has been the Principal Violist of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and a member of the MSO String Quartet. In addition, she and her husband, Hristo Hristov run the Orpheus String Studio and a string program at Madison public schools.