About Jonathan Gandelsman
Born 1978. Jonathan Gandelsman is a Russian violinist.
Johnny Gandelsman (born 1978) is a Russian-Israeli violinist and music producer, known for his work as a member of the American string quartet Brooklyn Rider as well as his solo work. From 2009 to 2014 he performed with The Knights ensemble, and in 2013 he was a soloist with them at the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, in the summer series.
In 2024, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Grant.
Biography Gandelsman was born in Moscow, in the then-USSR, to a violist father and a pianist mother.
On November 8 and 9, 2024, the week of the 2024 United States presidential election, Gandelsman performed his piece This is America at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Russian violinist
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Jonathan Gandelsman was born in 1978.
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Jonathan Gandelsman is a violinist.
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