He attended Juilliard at age 10, and was the only violinist to be a private student of both Nathan Milstein and Jascha Heifetz.
He began studies with Heifetz at age 17 at the University of Southern California and recorded the Bach Double Concerto with him in 1961.
[1] Friedman worked as a concert artist and teacher, appearing with dozens of symphony orchestras throughout the world, and holding the positions of artist-in-residence at Southern Methodist and the Mischa Elman chair at the Manhattan School of Music.
Friedman took a professorship at Yale University, where he stayed for the remainder of his life, holding several master classes.
Most notably, Erick Friedman performed and recorded on an Antonio Stradivarius made in 1724, in Cremona, Italy, known as the 'Ludwig'.