Press Kit Bio

Violinist Eric Silberger has emerged as one of the most amazing young talents of his generation. He performs with "astonishing virtuosity," according to Nuvo; he is "bold, technically solid, charismatic," writes the Indianapolis Star. Eric has performed as soloist and recitalist throughout the United States and around the world, including solo performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, among others. He has appeared at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Louvre in Paris, The Moscow International House of Music in Russia, the Shanghai Grand Theatre in China and more.

Among numerous television and radio appearances in the US, Asia and Europe, Eric was featured on Radio France, STV in China, KBS in Korea, and WQXR, WFYI, FOX 59, WISH-TV and WBAI-FM in the US, and has appeared in "Live from Lincoln Center", the "Perlman in Shanghai" telecast on PBS, and the "Kennedy Center Honors" on CBS.

Eric was the winner of the 2005 Violin Concerto Competition at Juilliard. In 2007, he won the Toyota Scholarship Award from the Association of Tchaikovsky Competition Stars. Eric has served as concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestras and the Perlman Music Program Orchestra.

Born to a musical family, Eric is a fourth generation musician. Eric began violin studies with his mother at the age of five; he currently studies violin with Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. He has studied violin with Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Robert Mann, Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, Kurt Sassmannshaus and Ik-Hwan Bae. He was a scholarship student at the Juilliard Pre-College for six years. He has studied at the Indiana University School of Music, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, National Arts Centre Young Artists Programme, the Perlman Music Program and the Aspen Music Festival and School. In addition, he has studied conducting and plays piano. Eric is currently an honorary scholarship student at the Columbia University and Juilliard School joint program. He is CEO of Epresto Entertainment LLC, Organizer of the Barnard-Columbia-Juilliard concert series at Miller Theater, President of Columbia University Classical Performers, Co-Founder of FourbyThree Chamber Orchestra, Publicity Chair of Columbia University Table Tennis Club and the Columbia University Kung Fu Club.