Guy Braunstein (born 1971) is an

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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conductor and classical

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ist. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, he began to study the

at age seven. In Israel he studied under the guidance of Valeria Blotner and

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. In the United States under the guidance of

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and Pinchas Zukerman. Braunstein developed a solo and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

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

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(UDK) and taught there until 2007. Braunstein was involved in re-establishing the Rolandseck Festival in Germany which was closed several years before. Until 2016, he was the

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of the festival together with Ohad Ben-Ari Braunstein has appeared in various music festivals worldwide, including Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem founded by

Elena Bashkirova Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (russian: Елена Дмитриевна Башкирова; born 1958) is a Russian-born Israeli pianist and musical director. Bashkirova was born in Moscow, the daughter of pianist and teacher Dimitri Bashkirov. She ...

in 2009. In 2013, Braunstein left the Berlin Philharmonic in order to concentrate on a solo career.

References

External links

Askonas Holt official website

Berlin Philharmoniker

Guy Braunstein and Semyon Bychkov - Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Braunstein, Guy 1971 births Living people Israeli classical violinists Male classical violinists Players of the Berlin Philharmonic Concertmasters 21st-century classical violinists