{{Short description|Russian-Israeli violinist}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = | honorific_prefix = | name = Johnny Gandelsman | honorific_suffix = | image = BKRider(cropped).jpg | image_upright = | image_size = 220px | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Gandelsman in 2015 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- leave empty if the same "name" --> | alias = | birth_date = 1978 | birth_place = Moscow, USSR | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = Classical, experimental<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite news |last1=Howe |first1=Brian |title=Johnny Gandelsman: This Is America |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/johnny-gandelsman-this-is-america/ |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |date=12 July 2022}}</ref> | occupation = | instrument = Violin | discography = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | current_member_of = Brooklyn Rider | past_member_of = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = }} '''Johnny Gandelsman''' (born 1978) is a Russian-Israeli violinist and music producer, known for his work as a member of the American string quartet Brooklyn Rider as well as his solo work.<ref name="BSO">{{cite web |title=Johnny Gandelsman |url=https://www.bso.org/profiles/johnny-gandelsman |website=BSO |publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra |access-date=12 November 2024 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="NYT Nov 7">{{cite news |last1=Hernández |first1=Javier C. |title=A Violinist on a Mission to Capture America, Division and All |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/arts/music/johnny-gandelsman-this-is-america.html |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 November 2024}}</ref> From 2009 to 2014 he performed with The Knights ensemble, and in 2013 he was a soloist with them at the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, in the summer series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable Events and Performers |url=https://naumburgconcerts.org/notable-events-and-performers |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Naumburg Orchestral Concerts |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2024, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Grant.<ref name="WaPo">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Roxanne |title=Meet the 2024 MacArthur 'genius grant' winners |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/10/01/macarthur-genius-grant-fellows-2024/ |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=The Washington Post |date=1 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="MacFound">{{cite web |title=Johnny Gandelsman |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2024/johnny-gandelsman |website=www.macfound.org |publisher=MacArthur Foundation |access-date=12 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==Biography== Gandelsman was born in Moscow, in the then-USSR, to a violist father and a pianist mother.<ref name="BSO" /><ref name="NYT Nov 7" /> His sister is also a violinist. His family left Moscow for Israel in 1990, and Gandelsman moved to the United States at the age of 17.<ref name="NYT Nov 7" />
==Career== In 2020, Gandelsman recorded Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites on the violin, in a performance The New York Times called "feather-light and rooted in dance and folk music".<ref name="NYT 2021">{{cite news |last1=Barone |first1=Joshua |title=Bach's Cello Suites, Now on Violin, With a Folksy Feel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/arts/music/johnny-gandelsman-bach-cello.html |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=1 June 2021}}</ref>
On November 8 and 9, 2024, the week of the 2024 United States presidential election, Gandelsman performed his piece ''This is America'' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<ref name="NYT Nov 7" /> Initially released in 2022, ''This is America'' consists of 28 pieces Gandelsman commissioned from a variety of musicians, including Rhiannon Giddens, Angélica Negrón, and Conrad Tao.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite news |last1=Howe |first1=Brian |title=Johnny Gandelsman: This Is America |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/johnny-gandelsman-this-is-america/ |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="NYT Nov 7" />
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