Daniel Rubenstein

Born in Brussels, Daniel Rubenstein performed as a soloist or as a chamber musician across Belgium, Holland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland, Bulgaria, Romania, Brazil, Turkey, Tunisia, Israel, South Korea and Japan.

Graduated with Honors from the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium) and the Indiana University (USA), receiving Higher Diplomas in 3 instruments – violin, viola & piano – Daniel Rubenstein was a winner of several national music competitions : Winner of the Pro Civitate National Competition (Dexia Classics), 1st Prize of the National Violin Competition Edouard Deru and 1st Prize of the National Violin Competition Young Virtuoso.

Daniel Rubenstein gave his first solo concert at the age of 15 with the National Orchestra of Belgium under the direction of Mendi Rodan following which he has performed under known conductors such as André Vandernoot, Jean-Pierre Wallez, Proinssias O’Duin, Georges Octors and Ronald Zollman.

Since early 2000, Daniel Rubenstein appeared in Concert Series and International Festivals in renowned concerts halls : Manuel De Falla Hall in Granada, Auditorium National de Murcia, National Concert Hall de Dublin, Henry Crown Symphony Hall à Jérusalem, CCR Concert Hall in Istanbul, Antalya Philharmonic, Sala Reduta in Brasov (Roumania), Henri Leboeuf (PBA) in Brussels, Koningin Elisabethzaal in Antwerp, Acropolium in Carthage, Minato Mirai in Yokohama etc.

As a chamber musician, Daniel Rubenstein performed together with artists such as Abdel-Rahman El Bacha, Brigitte Engerer, David Lively, Daniel Blumenthal, Hüseyin Sermet, Peter Frankl, Hagaï Shaham, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Olivier Charlier, Yuzuko Horigome, Augustin Dumay, Peter Zazofsky, Liviu Prunaru, Gil Sharon, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lluis Claret, Alexander Dmitriev, Luc Dewez, Miha Haran, Philippe Bernold, Marc Grauwels, Pascal Moragues, Michel Lethiec…

Daniel Rubenstein is 1st violinist of the Ensemble Mendelssohn (string quintet and sextet), and Estampes (trio viola, flute and harp). He has been for 12 years the violist of the Mahler Piano Quartet,) and the Guarneri String trio and the Verhaeren String Quartet.

He has created more than 40 new works by composers such as Don Freund, Jan Van Landeghem, Frédéric Van Rossum, Michel Lysight, Oded Zehavi, David Loeb or Jean- Pierre Deleuze, some of those compositions being dedicated or written for him. He also gave the Israeli Premiere of the Concerto for violin and ud by Aviya Kopelman.

His recordings, 14 CD at the present time, were published by Talent Record, Kalidisc, Pavane & Contréclisse, and includes “Suites & Partitas of Modern Times” for violin and piano which receives excellent critics from International music magazines and “Septentrion” for viola & piano – including the Vieuxtemps viola sonata and 3 World Premiere recordings for viola & piano – both with pianist Muhiddin Dürrüoglu, as well as Fairy Tales, a viola recital with pianist Dalia Ouziel.

After studying with Marie-Christine Springuel, José Pingen and his father Jerrold Rubenstein, Daniel Rubenstein studied with Marcel Debot, Philippe Hirshhorn, Miriam Fried and Franco Gulli and received further training with Nicolas Chumachenco and Boris Belkin. He also completed full studies as a pianist at the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels in the class of Orit Ouziel and Robert Redaelli, and graduated as a violist in the class of Atar Arad (Indiana University).

Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Mons (Belgium) where he holds both a violin and a viola class, teaching students for their Master Degree, Daniel Rubenstein is also Associate Professor in Chamber Music at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and gives regularly Master-classes and is the Artistic Direction of the Festival Mozart (Waterloo) and international Chamber music festival now in its 25th edition.