Thomas Brandis
{{Short description|German violinist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|6|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hamburg, Germany
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| occupation = Concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic (1961-1983), violin professor
| instrument = Violin
| genre = Classical
| past_member_of = Berlin Philharmonic
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|30|1935|6|23|df=y}}
}}
Thomas Brandis (Hamburg, 23 June 1935 – 30 March 2017) was a German violinist, chamber music performer, pedagogue and former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic.{{cite web|title=Royal Academy of Music, Staff |url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/study/selectadepartment/biogs/Pages/ThomasBrandis.aspx |accessdate=18 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609143805/http://www.ram.ac.uk/study/selectadepartment/biogs/Pages/ThomasBrandis.aspx |archivedate=June 9, 2009 }}
Biography
Born in Hamburg (Germany) in 1935, Brandis trained as a violinist in Hamburg and later in London with Max Rostal. After winning the first of the International ARD Competition he was concertmaster in Hamburg, moving later to Berlin to play with the Berlin Philharmonic. He became concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic at age 26, and served in the position until 1983. In 1976 he founded the Brandis-Quartet, which has performed virtually in all major festivals in Europe, Japan and the Americas. Thomas Brandis has recorded for EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, Teldec, Orfeo and Harmonia Mundi.{{cite web| title=Thomas Brandis| url=http://www.keshetei.org.il/courseteam_EN.asp?p_cat=4&p_courseteam=74| accessdate=18 July 2009| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421050651/http://www.keshetei.org.il/courseteam_EN.asp?p_cat=4| archivedate=21 April 2009}}
Thomas Brandis was a professor of violin at the Berlin University of the Arts until 2002, and a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Musikhochschule in Lübeck.{{cite web| author=| title=Meisterkurse - Thomas Brandis| url=http://www.meisterkurse.li/Klassik/BrandisThomasVioline/tabid/624/Default.aspx| publisher=| date=| accessdate=18 July 2009| archive-date=17 October 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017121847/http://www.meisterkurse.li/Klassik/BrandisThomasVioline/tabid/624/Default.aspx| url-status=dead}}
He died on 30 March 2017 at the age of 81.[http://slippedisc.com/2017/04/sad-news-a-berlin-philharmonic-legend-has-died/ Sad news: A Berlin Philharmonic legend has died]
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Category:20th-century German violinists
Category:Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
Category:Honorary members of the Royal Academy of Music
Category:Concertmasters of the Berlin Philharmonic
Category:People educated at the Wilhelm-Gymnasium (Hamburg)
Category:German male classical violinists
Category:German classical violinists
Category:Musicians from Hamburg
Category:Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts