Layth Sidiq is a grammy-nominated violinist, composer, and educator and is the artistic director of the New York Arabic Orchestra and the director of the Center for Arabic Culture's Youth Orchestra Program. He has toured the world and performed with major artists such as Simon Shaheen, Danilo Perez, Jack Dejohnette, Tigran Hamasyan, and others and performed in venues like the London Jazz Festival, Boston Symphony Hall,  WOMEX Expo, Montreal Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, and more. Layth is featured on multiple award-winning albums and his first record Son of Tigris premiered at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2016. He is also the lead vocalist and violinist for the new Assassin’s Creed game ‘Mirage’ which will be released in 2023.

A Jordanian with Iraqi roots and a son of musical parents, Layth started his musical training at the National Music Conservatory in Amman with Timur Ibrahimov, and at only eleven years old, he had his first major solo performance with the European Chamber String Orchestra in front of Jordanian royalty. Layth finished his high school degree at the prestigious Chethams School of Music in Manchester, UK, and after getting accepted at the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston with a full scholarship, he traveled to the United States to finish his bachelor's degree in performance in 2014 and finally his master’s degree from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute in 2016. 

In 2018, Layth was one of the prize winners at the Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition as the first and only Arab to ever participate. He presented his compositions which are an amalgam of Eastern and Western styles done in a way that perfectly describes his diverse upbringing and musical taste.

In 2019, Layth, in collaboration with Carnatic vocalist Rohith Jayaraman, released a new EP titled ‘Hamsa’, which brought together the gigantic worlds of Arabic and Carnatic music. Combined with years of friendships and grounded roots, this EP showcases a new sound for both genres, with one hand in the past and the other in the future. 

In 2020, Layth won the Boston Music Award for 'Best International Artist' of the year and is currently nominated for the 2021 New England Music Awards for 'Best World Act of the Year'.

In 2022, Layth released his third album titled ‘Steps’, which was a collaboration with Greek Laoutist, Vasilis Kostas. The album features both their original compositions and a unique sound color that gels together Jazz, Traditional and Contemporary music.

Layth is also a member of Danilo Perez’s Global Messengers, an eclectic ensemble that truly represents today’s musical landscape. The ensemble released their first album ‘Crisalida’, which was nominated for two Grammy awards under the ‘Best Instrumental Composition’, and ‘Best Latin Jazz Album’ categories.

Layth’s core belief that music education is one of the most valuable tools artists can possess to make positive change in their communities has led him to collaborate with the Kayany Foundation in Lebanon. The Kayany Foundation has nine schools that host Syrian refugee students and provide them with the necessary education for them to become active members of society. Layth visited two of these schools in 2019 and gave workshops and masterclasses with the support of Friends of Kayany, Tufts University, and Berklee College of Music.