Tracy Silverman
Redefining the role of the violin in contemporary music, Tracy Silverman has contributed significantly to the repertoire and development of the 6-string electric violin and what he calls “post-classical violin playing.”
Lauded by BBC Radio as “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin”, Silverman was formerly first violinist with the innovative Turtle Island String Quartet and was named one of 100 distinguished alumni by The Juilliard School. A concert electric violinist, Silverman is the subject of several electric violin concertos composed for him by Pulitzer winner John Adams, “Father of Minimalism” Terry Riley, Nico Muhly, and Kenji Bunch, as well as the composer of 3 electric violin concertos of his own.
A long-standing advocate for music education, Silverman is the author of Strum Bowing: How to Groove on Strings, is an in-demand clinician, and is on the string faculty at Belmont University and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Learn more at www.TracySilverman.com.
Lauded by BBC Radio as “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin”, Silverman was formerly first violinist with the innovative Turtle Island String Quartet and was named one of 100 distinguished alumni by The Juilliard School. A concert electric violinist, Silverman is the subject of several electric violin concertos composed for him by Pulitzer winner John Adams, “Father of Minimalism” Terry Riley, Nico Muhly, and Kenji Bunch, as well as the composer of 3 electric violin concertos of his own.
A long-standing advocate for music education, Silverman is the author of Strum Bowing: How to Groove on Strings, is an in-demand clinician, and is on the string faculty at Belmont University and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Learn more at www.TracySilverman.com.