Guy Braunstein
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Guy Braunstein is a classical violin
ist.
Guy Braunstein was born in Israel and began to study the violin
at age seven. In Israel he studied under the guidance of Haim Taub and in the United States under the guidance of Glenn Dicterow
and Pinchas Zukerman
.
Braunstein developed a solo and chamber music
career. He performed as a soloist with leading orchestras around the world and played in many chamber music groups such as the Huberman Quartet.
In 2000 Braunstein was appointed as the concertmaster
of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
. Before receiving this position Braunstein played only as a soloist and as a chamber music violinist, and never played in an orchestra. However, the orchestra members unanimously elected him as the Concertmaster.
In 2003 Braunstein became professor of music at the Berlin University of the Arts
(UDK) and taught there until 2007.
Braunstein reestablished the Rolandseck Festival in Germany which was closed several years before. , he is the Music Director
of the festival.
Braunstein has appeared in various music festivals worldwide, including Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem founded by Elena Bashkirova
in 2009.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist.
Guy Braunstein was born in Israel and began to study the violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
at age seven. In Israel he studied under the guidance of Haim Taub and in the United States under the guidance of Glenn Dicterow
Glenn Dicterow
Glenn Dicterow , is an American violinist and is currently concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.Mr. Dicterow's musical gifts became apparent when, at age 11, he made his solo debut with the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra...
and Pinchas Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman is a world-renowned violinist, violist, and conductor. He is considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th and 21st centuries, and his ongoing 45-year career has seen him perform with the world's best-known orchestras and record over 100 works...
.
Braunstein developed a solo and chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
career. He performed as a soloist with leading orchestras around the world and played in many chamber music groups such as the Huberman Quartet.
In 2000 Braunstein was appointed as the concertmaster
Concertmaster
The concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...
of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic, German: , formerly Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester , is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the...
. Before receiving this position Braunstein played only as a soloist and as a chamber music violinist, and never played in an orchestra. However, the orchestra members unanimously elected him as the Concertmaster.
In 2003 Braunstein became professor of music at the Berlin University of the Arts
Berlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK is a public art school in Berlin, Germany, one of the four universities in the city...
(UDK) and taught there until 2007.
Braunstein reestablished the Rolandseck Festival in Germany which was closed several years before. , he is the Music Director
Music director
A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...
of the festival.
Braunstein has appeared in various music festivals worldwide, including Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem founded by Elena Bashkirova
Elena Bashkirova
Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova is a Russian-born pianist and musical director.She was born in Moscow, the daughter of pianist and teacher Dimitri Bashkirov...
in 2009.