Eric Rosenblith

Eric Rosenblith (born December 11, 1920) is an Austrian-born American violinist. He is the former concertmaster of the Indianapolis and San Antonio Symphony Orchestras, and has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Rosenblith served as chairman of the New England Conservatory's string department for more than twenty-five years and is a former faculty member of the Hartt School in Connecticut. He is on the faculty of the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, and is a visiting professor at the University of Kansas.

Rosenblith received the Licence de Concert from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. He has been awarded an honorary D.Mus. from the New England Conservatory. His violin teachers included: Jacques Thibaud in Paris, Carl Flesch in London, and Bronislaw Huberman in New York.

An elegant and distinguished performer, Rosenblith has premiered and recorded many new works by American composers including David Stock, George Crumb, Alan Lighty, and Lucia Dlugachevsky. Rosenblith is the editor and translator of the newly revised Art of Violin Playing by Carl Flesch. He is the founder and artistic director of the International Musical Arts Institute of Fryeburg, Maine. Rosenblith regularly gives master classes in the United States, the United Kingdom, Korea, Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China.

External links

* [http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2000/05/20000511_b_main.asp Eric Rosenblith on teaching the violin (WBUR Radio)]

Recordings

Recordings on Columbia, CRI, Crest and Parjo. Recently released: Complete Works for Violin and Piano by Johannes Brahms with pianist Heng-Jin Park.

Bibliography

* Carl Flesch (1873-1944), "The Art Of Violin Playing", Books 1 & 2 Translated & Edited by Eric Rosenblith. New York: Carl Fischer, ISBN #0825828228