North Carolina Symphony’s Principal Second Violin, Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky, is an accomplished performer, educator, and chamber musician with a distinguished career spanning orchestral, solo, and academic work. She has served as Lecturer of Violin at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for more than a decade and previously held positions as a member of the Charleston Symphony and Adjunct Professor of Violin at the College of Charleston.
As a soloist, Wolborsky has appeared with the North Carolina Symphony, the Carolina Ballet, the Brussels Chamber Orchestra, and the South Carolina Philharmonic. She was also honored with the Russell Award at the Coleman International Chamber Music Competition. In 2025, she performed the National Anthem at a Carolina Hurricanes game and appeared as a featured performer at the First Lady’s Inaugural Ball for Governor Josh Stein.
Wolborsky has performed with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and appeared at venues including the National Gallery of Art and the North Carolina Museum of Art, where she leads an annual program. Her performances have included appearances for Elie Wiesel in Chicago and for the Vice President of the United States in Washington, D.C.
Her summer festival engagements have included the Verbier Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Steans Music Institute at Ravinia Festival, Keshet Eilon, and the Weathersfield Music Festival. She has worked with members of the Tokyo String Quartet, Cleveland Quartet, and Vermeer Quartet, including artists Yuri Bashmet, Joseph Silverstein, and Claude Frank. She has also toured with Joshua Bell, James Levine, and Mstislav Rostropovich.
Wolborsky earned her bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Roland Vamos and Almita Vamos. She received her master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Donald Weilerstein, and completed her Suzuki teacher training there. Along with her love of playing the violin, she is a residential real estate broker in the Triangle region.
