Immanuel Abraham

Dr. Immanuel T. Abraham is an award-winning violin soloist, fiddler, composer, masterclass clinician, and yogi. He is also an active advocate of world kinship, social equality, and environmental proactivity through the arts. He has toured seven countries, and has been featured on PBS, CBS, Blue Lake Public Radio, American String Teacher’s Association magazine, Southwest Strings, The Entertainer, Shar Music, Mind Over Finger, The Violin Podcast, Arizona Daily Star Newspaper, Lovin’ Life in Tucson Newspaper, Arizona Jewish Post Newspaper, The Tucson Film Festival, Strings Magazine, and more. He is sought-after for his virtuosity across multiple genres. He has been the Concertmaster for the televised Concert Without Borders in Nogales, Mexico, the Michigan Pops Orchestra, the Arizona Symphony Orchestra, the Arizona Contemporary Ensemble (ACE), Monmouth Symphony Orchestra, and Opera in the Ozarks in Arkansas. On his electric violin, he performed for We The Kings, Ben Folds, HelloGoodbye, and more. As a composer, he is known best for his “24 Caprices for Solo Violin”, which has premiered all over the world. It was recently called “…a masterpiece reflecting the diversity and globalization of the 21st century” by the University of Arizona. Dr. Abraham is also known for the “Gilgamesh” and “Shiva” string quartets, and is the author of “J.S. Bach’s Chaconne: A Performer-Composer’s Approach to Interpretation”. He is also the founder and director of The Violin Guild— the world’s largest and most popular community for bowed string instruments, and an artist ambassador for Southwest Strings, D’Addario Orchestral, Strings Magazine, WMutes, and Ovation Press.