Hal Grossman

About Hal

Violinist Hal Grossman has been enthusiastically acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for his “vibrant tone” and “superb technique.” Grand Award Winner of the Lima Young Artist Competition and Silver Medalist of the International Stulberg String Competition, Grossman also 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. He was invited to perform for their Royal Highnesses, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, in a CBC television and radio broadcast. Recital appearances have taken him throughout North America and Europe. In the United States he has also been heard on National Public Radio, WQXI-New York, and WFMT-Chicago. Grossman served as the Concertmaster of the Echternach Festival Orchestra in Luxembourg, a position he has also held with the Illinois Philharmonic, the Boise Philharmonic, the Lansing Symphony and the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra. He has been featured at the Casals (Puerto Rico), Evian (France), Orfeo (Italy), InterHarmony (Germany) music festivals and, in the continental U.S., the Aspen, Lancaster, Breckenridge, Fontana, Great Lakes, Marrowstone, Manitou, and Garth Newel music festivals.

Grossman is Professor of Violin at The University of Oregon and on the violin faculty at the Aria International Music Academy, ICT Young Artists Academy, and Inside Music Academy. He has also been on the summer faculties at Indiana University, Northwestern University, and the Interlochen Arts Camp.

Grossman is the founder and creator of The Grossman MethodTM, an internationally acclaimed course of study addressing musician’s health issues. The Grossman MethodTM is a four-time winner of the Louisville Arts Award and nominated for Outstanding Achievement in String Research Award by the American String Teachers Association.