MAYS Strings Masterclass w/Mati Braun

The Metropolitan Area Youth Symphony is excited to present the STRINGS MASTER CLASS with Mr. Mati Braun!

This master class is open to all advanced string students who would like the opportunity to perform a prepared piece during the class!  MAYS recommends that all students come and experience the mastery of Mr. Braun, a 36-year veteran violinist and violist of the New York Philharmonic and who was once dubbed by The New York Times as “Master of Strings.”

The class takes place on January 31 at 2:30pm, at St. Alban’s Anglican Cathedral (3348 W. State Rd. 426 Oviedo, FL 32765).

MAYS asks that participants RSVP at mays4music@maysymphony.org by January 24, 2016.

About Mr. Braun:  Mati Braun began his study of the violin in 1946, at age six, in his native Jerusalem. He gave his first recital six months later, performing a Vivaldi concerto. He graduated from the Israel Academy of Music where he studied with Ödön Partos, and came to America in 1962 to study violin at the Juilliard School with Joseph Fuchs. He received his Artist and Post-graduate diplomas from the Juilliard and was the recipient of the prestigious Naumburg Prize. After stints with the Musica Aeterna Orchestra and Denver Symphony, he joined the New York Philharmonic, a position he held from 1969 until 2006. Mr. Braun’s busy career includes recitals, chamber music, and appearances with orchestras throughout the United States and in Finland, Japan, and Israel. Likewise, he has taught, coached, and conducted master classes in hopes of inspiring young talent throughout the world to follow his approach and understanding, including students of the MAYS. Understanding for Mati Braun comes from a never-ending exploration of each musical work’s spiritual, emotional, and intellectual meaning.