Background
He was born in a Jewish family in Vilnius, Lithuania and studied violin with Leopold Auer at the Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory.
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Raphael Bronstein
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He arrived in the United States in 1923 to take a job as an assistant to Auer. Mr. Bronstein had one daughter, Ariana Bronne, who taught at the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Bronstein"s teaching career spanned 65 years and was responsible for a large number of the current generation of leading violin teachers and performers.
He taught at the Hartt School in Hartford, Boston University, Manhattan School of Music, Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New New York
He is remembered annually at the Manhattan School of Music with a Commencement Award in his honor. Daniel Kobialka and Phillip Ruder are also among Bronstein"s most noteworthy students.
He founded and conducted the Bronstein Symphonietta in 1949. He wrote the Science of Violin Playing.
He died in New York City in 1988.
