Jourdan Urbach

Jourdan Urbach (born December 5, 1991) is an American entrepreneur and retired professional violinist/composer. He currently resides in New York City, USA.

Jourdan Urbach
Born	December 5, 1991 Long Island, New York
Alma mater	Juilliard Pre-College Yale University

Early life and education

Jourdan Urbach was born on December 5, 1991 on Long Island in New York State.^[1] Urbach began playing the violin in 1994 at the age of 2 weeks old and was playing professionally by the time he was 7.^[1] He made his debut at Carnegie Hall when he was 6 years old.^[2]

Urbach founded two non-profits that raise money to fight children's neurological diseases: Children Helping Children and Concerts for a Cure.^[3] Children Helping Children is a charity organization that performs at places like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.^[1] Concerts for a Cure had raised over $4.7^[4] million dollars by the time Urbach started attending college. Urbach was also involved at an early age in Alzheimer's research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.^[5]

Urbach studied at Juilliard School^[6] and later enrolled as an undergraduate at Yale, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts.^[1] During this time, he wrote the score for the short film "Elah and the Moon,"^[7] which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.^[7]

As an undergraduate, Urbach started the International Coalition of College Philanthropists (ICCP).^[8] The ICCP is “a council of college-age philanthropic entrepreneurs dedicated to coordinating and maximizing the effectiveness of fundraising operations at college campuses across the world.”^[8] Urbach wrote the score for the trailer of the 2012 Columbia Film Festival.^[9] Shortly before graduation, he was awarded a National Jefferson Award.^[10]

Later life

Urbach later moved back to New York as the National Director of the Jefferson Awards.^[11] Urbach has also worked as a Goodwill Ambassador to the UN Arts for Peace Council.^[12]