Dr. Immanuel Abraham is a highly experienced and award winning violin soloist, chamber artist, and orchestra conductor. He is also an innovative composer of theater, chamber, and symphonic repertoire.

 

His Bachelor of Musical Arts and Master of Musical Arts degrees in Violin Performance were earned, summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan where he also served as Concertmaster of the Michigan Pops Orchestra and Asst. Concertmaster of the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra.

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He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts and Bachelor of Music Composition degrees, summa cum laude, from the University of Arizona, where he also served as Concertmaster of the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and the Arizona Contemporary Ensemble.​

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From 2018 through the present, Dr. Abraham became critically involved in music of the Bhakti Movement. Immersing his violin in Kirtans and Bhakti Festivals throughout the American southwest and Mexico quickly evolved into tours, studio recordings, and the publication of his own "The Six Kirtans"©2026 for Voice, Harmonium, and Violin.

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As an educator, Dr. Abraham most recently served as the Professor of Strings and String Pedagogy at South Dakota State University (SDSU) from 2023 through 2025. During this time he was the Concertmaster of both the SDSU Symphony Orchestra and SDSU Faculty Opera Orchestra.

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Now selling annually by the thousands, his "24 Caprices for Solo Violin, 4th Edition” have gained popularity as crowd-engaging choices for performance, preferred by artists for their stylistic diversity, and their propriety for both advanced study and college audition requirements. The University of Arizona has published a review of them as “...a masterpiece of globalism and diversity”.

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Organizations recently featuring Dr. Abraham include the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the American String Teacher’s Association, the European String Teacher’s Association, the Tucson Film Festival, the John F. Kennedy Center as Concertmaster of the New World Symphony, The Entertainer Magazine, SHAR Music, the Key to Change, the Arizona Daily Star Newspaper, Strings Magazine, and more.

 

He is also the creator and administrator of “The Violin Guild” (TVG) — the world’s most popular online forum for string players, educators, luthiers, industry providers, and institutions. TVG reached a peak of over 90,000 members in March of 2026.

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Due to security matters and protection of his original content, Dr. Abraham has temporarily limited his influencer presence on all Meta platforms.

 

On TikTok he is @TheViolinDoctor .

Attorney Marine Grosclaude will immediately update TheViolinDoctor.com regarding his return to Meta platforms.​

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Dr. Abraham a proud ambassador for:

D'Addario Orchestral
Southwest Strings

Pirastro

Leatherwood Rosins

Lonesome Pine Rosins.​​