The West Branch International Music Festival & Academy brings together an internationally recognized faculty of artists / teachers and talented students for a unique, immersive musical experience.

Through exposure to world-class festival performances, individual lessons, seminars, masterclasses, chamber music coachings and high level string and chamber orchestra training, young artists will learn to address physical, mental, analytical, psychological, and social questions as they relate to the creative process. Over the course of 14 days, the faculty and students will prepare six chamber music programs and two orchestral programs.

History of West Branch International Music Festival

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“For the past 12 years, I’ve been captivated by the incredible beauty of the five world class trout rivers nestled in the valleys of these magnificent Catskill Mountains. Throughout history composers and performing artists alike have drawn some of their greatest inspiration from environments such as these…” Read on

Violin
  • Odin Rathnam
  • Romulo Benavides
  • Lars Bjornkjaer
  • Anker Buch
  • Netanel Draiblate
  • Kurt Nikkanen
  • Julian Hallmark
Viola
  • Brett Deubner
  • Adriana Linares
Cello
  • Sara Sant'Ambrogio
  • Jennifer DeVore
  • Wendy Warner
Bass
  • Joseph Conyers
Oboe
  • Liz Spector
Clarinet
  • Anthony McGill
Piano
  • Maria Asteriadou
  • Robert Koenig
  • Michael Sheppard
Voice
  • Arianna Zukerman

Christian Hørbov-Meier
Conductor & Orchestral Studies Director

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  • “I’ve just returned from a most incredible and joyous afternoon of beautiful music, an opportunity to meet 10 extraordinary musicians from Venezuela, from Los Angeles, from Israel, from Juilliard in Manhattan all here. I mean RIGHT HERE – playing some of the world’s most beautiful music... Read on”

    — Toni Grekin