Ann Hirschl Magliari grew up in a musical family in Washington, Missouri and began violin lessons at the age of ten. Her first teachers were the late John and Gladys Lang of St. Louis. She continued lessons with Silvian Iticoveci, Associate Concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony.

Ann then went to New York to study with famed violin pedagogue, Dorothy Delay at the Pre-college division of the Juilliard School during her last two years of high school. She completed her final two years of high school at the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York during this time. Ann earned her Bachelor's degree from Juilliard in 1989, followed by a Master's degree in Violin Performance from Southern Methodist University in 1991.

While living in Dallas, Ann played often with the Dallas Symphony and the Fort Worth Symphony, and was Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Opera Orchestra. In 1995, Ann returned to St. Louis to play with the St. Louis Symphony, where she now plays primarily as a substitute. She is also a frequent performer at the Fox Theater and plays for the Bach Society of St. Louis.

She is a member of the St. Louis Chamber Orchestra, the Rosewood Quartet, and plays in a piano trio with her brother, Richard (a cellist with the Chicago Symphony) and pianist, Jennifer Judd. They recently played the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the University City Orchestra and also performed at "A Taste for the Arts" in Hermann, Missouri.

Ann teaches privately in her home in Kirkwood, Missouri, where she lives with her husband, Michael, and her son, Aidan.

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