Endre Granat,former Asst. Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra ,Concertmaster of the Goteborg Symphony.Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Competition,Recipient of the Ysaye Medal.Frequent participant of the Marlboro Festival and the Casals Festival.The former Fulbright scholar taught at the Royal Academy of Music in Goteborg,Seoul National University,The Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Southern California.
For many years one of the leading concertmaster for the Hollywood Film Industry he was the leader for Miklos Rozsa,John Williams,James Newton Howard ,Henry Mancini and a host of others.He was the leader of numerous Academy Awards,Emmys,Grammys and has over 2800 motion pictures to his credit.
He has toured and recorded with numerous artists such as Earth, Wind, and Fire, Michael Jackson

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, Lionel Richie

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, Barbra Streisand

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, Yanni

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, Natalie Cole

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, Dionne Warwick

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, Hanson

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 and Ricky Martin

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. He was [concertmaster]] for many recording studio

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s that made soundtrack

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s for film

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s such as Legally Blonde

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, Dreamcatcher

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, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Bourne Identity

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, The Simpsons Movie

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, and many more.

His teachers included Gyorgy Garay,Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz

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