Praised for "sophisticated, warm intensity, radiant timbre
and well-balanced, harmonious performance style"
(Sulzbach- Rosenberg, Germany), violinist Arik Braude
has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in the U.S.,
Europe, and Asia. Reviews of his performances of
concertos by Bach, Haydn and Mendelssohn (double) with
the JVNY camerata in repeated appearances at New
York's Bargemusic as well as in Geneva (Switzerland) and
throughout France include “With a thoroughly infectious
joy in playing, Arik Braude combined his virtuosity and
sensitivity, getting the concert off to the finest possible
start.” (Grand Annecy, France) and “...powerful and
expressive performance, with phrasing that demanded the
audiences’ attention" (Meriden Journal, Connecticut).
Mr. Braude has served as an artist faculty at some of the
leading music festivals around the world, including Music
@ Menlo (U.S.), Astona International (Switzerland),
Killington Chamber Music Festival (U.S.), Festival des
Arcs (France), Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival
(US), Fêtes Musicales de Savoie (France), Académie
Internationale de musique (Paris, France), Artave ESMAE
masterclass (Portugal), and Interharmony (Germany)
among others. He has appeared as a soloist and chamber
musician in numerous concert series in the U.S., France,
Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Monaco, Italy, and the
Channel Islands.
Mr. Braude resides with his family in New York city where
he currently serves on the violin faculty at the Aaron
Copland Conservatory of Music at Queen’s College and at
Mannes Prep, where he chaired the department of strings
for four years. His students have appeared as soloists with
orchestras in the U.S, France, Germany, Switzerland, and
Portugal, including the New York Philharmonic and the
Mainz KammerOrchester. They have won prizes in many
international competitions including the Johannes Brahms
Competition (Austria), Young Concert Artists International
Auditions and From the Top (U.S.). He has given master
classes in the U.S., the U.K, France, Germany, and
Portugal. An interview about his teaching was published in
The Strad Magazine and Mr. Braude has contributed to
the magazine's "Ask the Experts" column.
Mr. Braude is the artistic director of JVNY, Inc., a stellar
ensemble of young professional musicians at the onset of
their professional careers, and of the JVNY international
chamber music workshops in France and Portugal. He has
recorded for Talent Classic Records, Inc., Le Chant de
Linos, and Music@Menlo.
His teachers include his father, the late Natan V. Braude at
the special music school in Kazan in the former Soviet
Union, Peter Bondarenko and Felix Andrievsky at the
Rubin Academy of Music in Israel, Jens Ellermann at the
Hannover Hochshule für Musik, Yfrah Neaman in London,
and Sally Thomas in New York. Mr. Braude has
participated in intensive masterclasses with Isaac Stern,
Ruggiero Ricci, and Alexander Schneider, among others.
He plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin made in Napoli in
1754.