Biography

Erick Friedman, the renowned American violinist, has appeared in his long career as guest soloist with most of the world's great orchestras: the New York Philharmonic and the National Symphony, the orchestras of New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Miami, Detroit, Indianapolis, the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and many other major orchestras throughout the world. Karajan, Stokowski, Steinberg, Leinsdorf, Previn, and Ozawa are some of the celebrated conductors with whom he has collaborated. Mr. Friedman's recordings for RCA have earned him accolades including the prestigious Grammy Award.

Mr. Friedman has been featured playing the Bartok Violin Concerto in an A&E Television Production on Bartok which was released worldwide. His tribute to Fritz Kreisler is available on VHS at online vendors including Amazon. A videoclip excerpt is available on this website in two formats: Click for RealAudio | Click for MP3

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Isadore Freed, Ezra Laderman, and Laurent Petitgirard are some of the internationally celebrated composers who have written and/or dedicated compositions to him.

Mr. Friedman is a full Professor of Music at Yale University and for the past fifteen years he has been the conductor and music director of the Garrett Lakes Summer Festival Orchestra in Maryland. He also performs, conducts, serves on competition juries, and teaches at summer festivals throughout the world.