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Braunstein leaves Berlin Philharmonic
Guy Braunstein
By Do Je-hae
By Do Je-hae
Israeli violinist Guy Braunstein, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's star concertmaster, will leave the orchestra at the end of the 2012/13 season.
"The decision to leave my orchestra has been a long and painful one. I have loved working with Sir Simon Rattle and my esteemed colleagues in Berlin, but my original training was as a solo violinist and it is difficult to manage both," Braunstein said on his web site.
The orchestra has announced an audition in Berlin to replace Braunstein. He is one of the three first concertmasters of the top German orchestra. He joined the orchestra in 2000, when then-music director Claudio Abbado appointed him first concertmaster.
Although a concertmaster of a major orchestra, Braunstein has maintained an illustrious solo career and has also enjoyed success as conductor.
Guy is currently artist-in-residence with the Hamburg Philharmonic. Since 2006 he has been the Music Director of Rolandseck Chamber Music Festival in Germany where he has collaborated with international stars such as flutist Emmanuel Pahud and pianist Yuja Wang.
He performed in Seoul last year with Korean pianist Kim Sun-wook. They will perform together again at Salle Pelyel in Paris in June 2014, in a program of Franck's violin sonata and piano trios by Ravel and Schubert.