Barak Schossberger
Israeli violinist Barak Schossberger is currently pursuing his Doctoral degree at the Eastman School of Music studying under the tutelage of Professor Renée Jolles. He previously received his Master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Masao Kawasaki and Laurie Smukler and his Bachelor’s degree from the Jerusalem Academy of Music, studying with Michael Gaisler. He was part of the violin faculty in the Jerusalem Conservatory “Hassadna” and is currently teaching secondary violin at the Eastman School of Music. 
Barak is most excited about his research project which explores ways of shaping performers’ musical intuition and fantasy by rational means such as music theory and analysis, incorporating ideas drawn from a number of branches of philosophy. His research also includes extending Schenkerian theory beyond its original purview of tonal music, as part of which he examined the potential of Schenkerian devices for analyzing string quartets by Shostakovich and Penderecki. Insights originated in these research paths greatly enrich his music-making and teaching.