Joshua Epstein (Hebrew: יהושע אפשטין; born November 14, 1940) is an Israeli musician, classical violinist and music educator.

After completing three years of formal education as a carpenter in Holland, Julian managed to get permission to join his brother, Walter, in Tel Aviv in 1936.

In Brussels, Epstein was admitted to the Royal Conservatory and studied as a student of Arthur Grumiaux for two years, later also completing a special degree in chamber music.

[6] After graduating, Epstein served as Gertler's assistant at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover, Germany (1966-1972) and won prizes at several international violin competitions.

47; the Hindemith 4th Violin Concerto and the Bartok 1st Rhapsodie, et al.[13] A year later, Epstein went on to win first prize at the 1968 City of London Carl Flesch Competition.

[15][16][17][18][19] He is especially known for his interpretations of Bach,[20] Mozart, Paganini and Bartók[21][22][5][23] and has given recitals in France,[24] Germany,[25] Belgium,[26] England,[27] Scandinavia,[28] Italy, Spain, the United States and Canada; Israel,[29] Turkey, Iran[30] and South Korea.

The Bartholdy String Quartet was founded in 1968 by a group of young musicians performing and teaching at music academies in the German cities of Karlsruhe and Würzburg.

When an accident forced their original viola player to resign, the group's first violinist, Jörg-Wolfgang Jahn, decided to change instruments.

With Jahn playing viola, Annemarie Dengler-Speermann as the group's cellist, Max Speermann as second violin and Epstein as the new primarius, they toured throughout Europe, North America and the near east to great acclaim.