Vadim Gluzman is a Ukrainian-born Israeli classical violinist. Born in the former Soviet Union, Vadim Gluzman spent most of his childhood in Riga, Latvia. His father is a conductor, and his mother a musicologist. Gluzman began violin studies at age 7. He studied with Roman ?n? in Latvia and Zakhar Bron in Russia. In 1990, his family moved to Israel, where he became a student of Yair Kless. He also met Isaac Stern who became an important mentor. In the United States, Gluzman's teachers were Arkady Fomin and, at the Juilliard School, Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki. Early in his career, Gluzman enjoyed the encouragement and support of Isaac Stern. In 1994, he received the Henryk Szeryng Foundation Career Award. Gluzman plays the 1690 Stradivarius violin, known as the "Ex-Leopold Auer". It is on extended loan from the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Vadim Gluzman has performed with many of the world's leading orchestras including Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and NHK Symphony. [More at Wikipedia]

January 1st, 1973 in Ukraine (Age 51)