Yefim Bronfman

Yefim Bronfman’s commanding technique, power and exceptional lyrical gifts are celebrated by critics and audiences alike in all the world’s musical capitals.

Following summer festival appearances in Verbier, Israel, Aspen, Grand Tetons and Sun Valley the 2023-24 season began with a European tour celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Munich Opera and Orchestra with concerts in Lucerne, Bucharest, London, Paris, Linz, Vienna and Munich. A tour with Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra takes him to Japan and Korea, followed by return engagements with the N.Y. Philharmonic, Boston, Kansas City, National, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and San Francisco symphonies. With the Munich Philharmonic he will travel to Spain and Carnegie Hall. An extensive winter/spring recital tour will begin in Ljubljana and include Milan, Berlin, Cleveland, Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, La Jolla and culminate in Carnegie Hall in early May.

Mr. Bronfman works regularly with such illustrious conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohnányi, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert, Vladimir Jurowski, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jaap Van Zweden, Franz Welser-Möst, and David Zinman. His chamber music partners have included Pinchas Zukerman, Martha Argerich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Emmanuel Pahud and many others. In 1991 he gave a series of joint recitals with Isaac Stern in Russia, marking Mr. Bronfman’s first public performances there since his emigration to Israel at age 15.

Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union, Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied at Tel Aviv University with Arie Vardi. He subsequently studied at Juilliard, Marlboro and Curtis, under Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. Honors include the Avery Fisher Prize and an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music.