Raphael Bronstein (June 25, 1896 – November 4, 1988) was a Lithuanian-born American violinist and violin professor.
[1] He was born in a Jewish family in Vilnius, Lithuania and studied violin with Leopold Auer at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.
[3] Bronstein's teaching career spanned 65 years and was responsible for a large number of the current generation of leading violin teachers and performers.
He is remembered annually at the Manhattan School of Music with the Raphael Bronstein Award.
[4] Bronstein's students have included Elmar Oliveira, Margaret Jones Wiles, Michael Ludwig, Martha Strongin Katz, Lya Stern, Jay Zhong, Kerry McDermott, Judith Morse, Estelle Kerner, Richard Auldon Clark and his own daughter Ariana Bronne.