Hal Grossman, violinist, has been enthusiastically acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for his "vibrant tone" and "superb technique". As concerto soloist, he has appeared with American and Canadian orchestras including the Rochester Philharmonic and the North Carolina, Illinois, Lima, Guelph, Traverse City, and Battle Creek symphonies. Recital appearances have taken him throughout North America and Europe. Mr. Grossman was a top prize winner in the Stulberg and Lima Young Artist Competitions and he has performed for their Royal Highnesses, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, in a CBC television and radio broadcast. In the United States he has also been heard on National Public Radio, WQXI-New York, and WFMT-Chicago. Mr. Grossman has served as the Concertmaster of the Estranach Festival Orchestra in Luxembourg and has also held that position with the Lansing, SaginawBay, Illinois, and Boise Philharmonics. He has been featured at the Casals(Puerto Rico), Evian (France) and, in the continental U.S., the Aspen, Lancaster, Breckenridge, Fontana, Great Lakes, Manitou, and Garth Newel music festivals.
Mr. Grossman received First Prize Awards at the prestigious International Cleveland Quartet Competition and the National Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. His New York Debut at Carnegie Hall received exceptional reviews from the New York Times. As First Violinist of the Oxford String Quartet, he performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and recorded several new works for string quartet.
Mr. Grossman holds music performance degrees from the University of Michigan and the Eastman School of Music. His primary studies were with Paul Makanowitzky and Sylvia Rosenberg and, in master class, with Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider, and Charles Treger. Mr. Grossman is on the violin faculty at the Interlochen Arts Academy and at the Northwestern University NHSMI festival.
