Thomas Brandis (Hamburg, 23 June 1935 – 30 March 2017) was a German violinist, chamber music performer, pedagogue and former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic.
He became concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic at age 26, and served in the position until 1983.
In 1976 he founded the Brandis-Quartet, which has performed virtually in all major festivals in Europe, Japan and the Americas.
Thomas Brandis has recorded for EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, Teldec, Orfeo and Harmonia Mundi.
[2] Thomas Brandis was a professor of violin at the Berlin University of the Arts until 2002, and a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Musikhochschule in Lübeck.