Dora Schwarzberg, born Isidora Rafailovna Schwarzberg, is an Austrian violinist and music educator. She was born in Tashkent into a family of musicians who performed in a Jewish theater. Her father, violinist Rafail Schwarzberg, came from Romania; her mother, cellist Mira Israelovna Shenderovich, came from Kyiv.
Schwarzberg lived with her parents in Mykolaiv from 1949 to 1955 and then in Chisinau, where they worked with the Joc folk dance ensemble. She studied at the P. S. Stolyarsky School in Odesa with Beniamin Mordkovich, then attended the Moscow Conservatory from 1966 to 1971. After graduating, she was assigned to work in Vladimir.
In 1969, she placed fourth at the International Paganini Violin Competition. She regularly performed in a duo with pianist Boris Petrushansky, and in 1971 they took second place at the ARD Competition in Munich. She won first place at the 1976 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition and received the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Karelia.
Schwarzberg emigrated to Israel in 1973 and moved to New York after marrying. She taught at Mannes College and performed regularly in concert halls across Europe and America. From 1989, she toured regularly in Russia. Her musical partnerships included a duo with Argentine cellist Jorge Bosso and performances in an ensemble with Martha Argerich. She also took part in and received awards at international music competitions and festivals, including the Sakharov International Arts Festival.
From 1989 to 2018, Schwarzberg was a professor at the Vienna Institute of Arts and Music. Her students include Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Marianna Vasilyeva, and Guillaume Pasch. Since 2018, she has been a professor at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. Her daughter, Nora Romanova-Schwarzberg, is a violist; her grandson is named Yakov.