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