PAGANINI: 24 CAPRICES
Yehonatan Berick, Violin

About Yehonatan Berick

In high demand internationally since becoming a prizewinner at the 1993 Naumburg Violin Competition, YEHONATAN BERICK enjoys a busy concert schedule as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and pedagogue, throughout North America, Europe and Israel.

As soloist, he has performed, among others, with the Quebec, Winnipeg, Windsor, Ann Arbor, Jerusalem and Haifa Symphonies, the Israeli, Cincinnati, Montreal and Manitoba Chamber Orchestras, Thirteen Strings and Ensemble Appassionata.

Berick's many recital programs include offering of complete cycles, including Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas, and Paganini's 24 Caprices. He has collaborated with many world renowned artists. His numerous festival and chamber series' credits include Marlboro, Ravinia, Seattle, and Ottawa. He previously held the position of co-artistic director of the Quebec Chamber Music Society. He tours extensively worldwide, and is featured in the world's most important music centers, including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall.

On CD, Berick has recorded for the Acoma, Albany, Centaur, Equilibrium, XXI-21, Gasparo, Summit, and Helicon labels. His CDs have won rave reviews in the press.

Equally sought after as violin teacher and chamber music mentor, Berick serves as Professor of Violin at the University of Ottawa and Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. He has been invited as teacher and artist-in-residence at many festivals, and is featured in masterclasses worldwide.

For more on Yehonatan Berick, please visit yehonatanberick.com.

Yehonatan Berick also performs on the "Points of Departure" CD.