Anshel Brusilow

Anshel Brusilow was accepted into the famed Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 11 as a violin student of Efram Zimbalist, and made his debut as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1944. The internationally revered conductor Pierre Monteux took great interest in Brusilow’s career and arranged for him to appear as soloist with the San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston Symphonies, and the New York Philharmonic, as well as a repeat engagement with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy.

In 1955 Brusilow was invited by George Szell to join the Cleveland Orchestra as Assistant Concertmaster and later as Associate Concertmaster, appearing annually as concerto soloist with the orchestra. In 1959, he left the Cleveland Orchestra to become Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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During his tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Brusilow accepted conductorship of the Philadelphia Little Symphony, resigning as Concertmaster a few years later to become founding conductor of the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia. His success with this post led to his invitation in 1970 to become conductor of the Dallas Symphony. Three years later, he began his long tenure at the University of North Texas, adding the Richardson Symphony to his work in 1992.

The quality of his work and its impact on the profession are a matter of international record in the world of music. It is with great pride that the University of North Texas acknowledges his magnificent contributions to its own growth and to the hundreds of students whose careers have been built on the foundation of his orchestral training.