Gayna Mandelbaum Bassin

Gayna Mandelbaum Bassin teaches traditional violin and viola to students from age 7 to adult, with emphasis on reading skills, technique and musical style. She has been on the faculty at the Cincinnati String Academy since 1997.

Mrs. Bassin received a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Ivan Galamian, Jaime Laredo, and Jascha Brodsky. She received a Master of Music Degree from Indiana University at Bloomington, IN, where she studied with Josef Gingold. She studied chamber music with members of the Guarneri, Curtis and Budapest Quartets.

Mrs. Bassin was a member of the First Violin section of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 1976-1996, and was Concertmaster of the Musica Sacra Orchestra in 2007. She was also Concertmaster of the Cincinnati Community Orchestra for its 2003-2004 season, filling in for the permanent concertmaster, who was on sick leave.

She has performed in many international music festivals, including Blossom (Kent State University, Ohio), Tanglewood, the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, and the Orchestra de les Jeunesses Musicales. She was a soloist with the Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra, the Windsor Symphony, and the Cincinnati Community Orchestra. She has also played many solo and chamber music recitals locally.

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