Antoine Silverman
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Antoine Silverman is a New York violinist, music contractor, and music arranger. The son of folk guitarist, writer and singer Jerry Silverman
, Antoine began classical violin lessons at the age of three. By 5, he had discovered bluegrass as well, accompanying his father and playing fiddle contests throughout the eastern United States. By age 14 he began playing jazz. He currently performs, records and writes bluegrass
, jazz
, country, and classical regularly. He is the concertmaster, music contractor and Music Coordinator for the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
opening on Broadway in January 2011.
Antoine has recorded and performed with Garth Brooks, Moby, Steve Tyrell, Rod Stewart, Peter Murphy, Ben Folds, Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow, Lou Reed, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Lenny Kravitz, Sharon Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Michael Jackson, Harry Connick Jr. and countless others. He soloed with the Boston Pops in 2009. Silverman is also the violinist in Kelli O'Hara
's band.
He has 2 solo records: Swing Shift, recorded in 1998 and Blue Moods, in 2001. He also has written 2 educational books, Step One: Play Violin and Fiddle Tunes, Basic and Beyond, the latter released by Warner Brothers.
. He is the middle of 3 sons born to school teacher Tatiana and folk musician Jerry Silverman
. He graduated from Horace Mann School
in 1989 and also attended Juilliard School
and Columbia University
in the joint program, graduating from Columbia with a Bachelor's of Arts. Silverman studied violin with Albert Markov, Sally Thomas and Victor Danchenko.
Silverman is married to cellist Anja Wood. Their first child, Lily Jeannette, was born on May 7, 2006.
Jerry Silverman
Jerry Silverman is an American folksinger, guitar teacher and author of music books. He has had over 200 books published, which have sold in the millions, including folk song collections, anthologies and method books for the guitar, banjo and fiddle. He has taught guitar to hundreds of students...
, Antoine began classical violin lessons at the age of three. By 5, he had discovered bluegrass as well, accompanying his father and playing fiddle contests throughout the eastern United States. By age 14 he began playing jazz. He currently performs, records and writes bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, country, and classical regularly. He is the concertmaster, music contractor and Music Coordinator for the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a rock musical with music and lyrics by U2's Bono and The Edge and a book by Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The musical is based on the Spider-Man comics created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, published by Marvel Comics, as well as the 2002...
opening on Broadway in January 2011.
Antoine has recorded and performed with Garth Brooks, Moby, Steve Tyrell, Rod Stewart, Peter Murphy, Ben Folds, Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow, Lou Reed, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Lenny Kravitz, Sharon Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Michael Jackson, Harry Connick Jr. and countless others. He soloed with the Boston Pops in 2009. Silverman is also the violinist in Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara is an American actress, singer, and songwriter.O'Hara has been nominated for three Tony Awards: for her performance as Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza; for her performance as Babe Williams in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Pajama Game, where she starred...
's band.
He has 2 solo records: Swing Shift, recorded in 1998 and Blue Moods, in 2001. He also has written 2 educational books, Step One: Play Violin and Fiddle Tunes, Basic and Beyond, the latter released by Warner Brothers.
Personal life
Silverman grew up in Hastings on Hudson in New York during the school year, and spent his summers in Noirmoutier-en-l'ÎleNoirmoutier-en-l'Île
Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, commonly referred to as Noirmoutier, is a commune located in the northern part of the island of Noirmoutier, just off the coast of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France....
. He is the middle of 3 sons born to school teacher Tatiana and folk musician Jerry Silverman
Jerry Silverman
Jerry Silverman is an American folksinger, guitar teacher and author of music books. He has had over 200 books published, which have sold in the millions, including folk song collections, anthologies and method books for the guitar, banjo and fiddle. He has taught guitar to hundreds of students...
. He graduated from Horace Mann School
Horace Mann School
Horace Mann School is an independent college preparatory school in New York City, New York, United States founded in 1887 known for its rigorous course of studies. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League, educating students from all across the New York tri-state area from...
in 1989 and also attended Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in the joint program, graduating from Columbia with a Bachelor's of Arts. Silverman studied violin with Albert Markov, Sally Thomas and Victor Danchenko.
Silverman is married to cellist Anja Wood. Their first child, Lily Jeannette, was born on May 7, 2006.
See also
- "The Green BirdThe Green Bird (score)"The Green Bird" score is composed and orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal for the 1999 musical of the same name, directed by long-time Goldenthal collaborator Julie Taymor; it is an allegorical fairy tale of a royal family's rite of passage after being separated by a wicked grandmother.The score...
" (Elliot GoldenthalElliot GoldenthalElliot Goldenthal is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways...
musical in which he performed.) - "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical)Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical)Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the film of the same name...
" (Concertmaster) - "Urban Cowboy (musical)Urban Cowboy (musical)Urban Cowboy is a musical with a book by Aaron Latham and Phillip Oesterman and a score composed of numbers by Broadway composer-lyricists Jeff Blumenkrantz and Jason Robert Brown and a variety of country music tunesmiths, including Clint Black and Charles Daniels.Based on the 1980 screenplay by...
" (Fiddle) - "Shrek the Musical" (concertmaster)
Sources
- http://www.amazon.com/Bluemoods-Antoine-Silverman/dp/B00005AVLL
- http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=112811