Lewis Kaplan
| Lewis Kaplan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Passaic, New Jersey |
| Genres | Classical, Bach, Baroque |
| Occupation(s) | pedagogue, violinist, conductor |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Years active | 1951–present |
| Website | lewiskaplan |
Lewis Kaplan, born on November 10, 1933, is an American violinist, and pedagogue. He is a senior professor in violin and chamber music at the Juilliard School and has been on the faculty at Mannes School of Music since 1987, both in New York City.
He was born in Passaic, New Jersey.
A graduate of The Juilliard School – where he earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in violin studies studying under Ivan Galamian (1901-1981), one of the greatest violin pedagogues of the 20th Century, and conducting under Jean Morel – Kaplan began teaching at the prestigious conservatory in 1964 and is presently a senior professor in violin and chamber music.
In 2016, Kaplan co-founded and was named Artistic Director of the Portland Bach Festival in Portland, Maine.
Kaplan is a founder of the Aeolian Chamber Players and a co-founder of the Bowdoin International Music Festival. He has served on the juries of numerous international competitions, including the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Fritz Kreisler (Vienna), Mozart International (Salzburg), Japan International (Tokyo), Sendai, Joachim (Hanover), Naumburg and Concert Artists Guild (New York) and Henryk Szeryng International (Monaco).
Kaplan is a visiting professor at the Royal College of Music in London and an honorary professor at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music in China. He has presented master classes at most of the well-known conservatories and schools worldwide, including the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria where he taught for 20 years.
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