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The concertmaster (from the German Konzertmeister), first chair [1] (U.S.) or leader [2] (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the conductor , the concertmaster is the most significant leader in an orchestra , symphonic band or other musical ensemble .
He served as Concertmaster for: Detroit Metropolitan Orchestra, Plymouth Symphony Orchestra, Saginaw Symphony Orchestra (all pops and children’s concerts, some subscriptions) Rome Festival Orchestra (including chamber music assignments), Beloit-Janesville Symphony (also string quartet violin 1), Heartland Philharmonic, Opera Factory ...
In the subsequent year, 1974, he performed in Puerto Rico as a member of the Casals Festival Orchestra. [5] In 1975, he was appointed as the concertmaster of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, a position he held until 1976. In the subsequent year, he took on the position of concertmaster with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, a role he held until 1983.
As a guest concertmaster, Greenberg has performed with the Houston, St. Louis, San Diego, and Oregon Symphonies, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway. He was the first American to serve as concertmaster for the Japan Virtuoso Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble of top players from Japan and ...
Born into a Bulgarian-Jewish family in 1970, Vesko Panteleev Eschkenazy [2] became a child prodigy in the field of music when he appeared as an orchestra leader. At 11 years old, he went on to become the concertmaster of the youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Prof. Vladi Simeonov.
Born in St. Petersburg, after training at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, he performed with various Soviet orchestras, including the St Petersburg Philharmonic, before emigrating in 1979 to become concertmaster of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. He was concertmaster of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic from 1982–2001 and leader of the ...
Raymond Gniewek (November 13, 1931 – October 1, 2021) was an American violinist.. He served as concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for 43 years; upon his appointment in 1957 at age 26, he was the youngest person to ever hold the post.
From the beginning of the 2009/2010 season [3] until 2014 he was chief conductor of the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, which performed under the name "Westsächsisches Symphonieorchester" until 2011. He has also been guest conductor of various orchestras, including the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra .