Elmar Oliveira

Elmar Oliveira studied at the College of Music, University of Hartford, and then at the Manhattan School of Music with Raphael Bronstein. Won first prize in the anniversary Naumburg International Competition of young performers, held in 1975-1976 in the 50 th anniversary of the founding of the Competition, and in 1978. was awarded the first prize of the Sixth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In 1983, Oliveira also received the Avery Fisher Prize.

The son of Portuguese immigrants, Mr. Oliveira was nine when he began studying the violin with his brother John. He later continued his studies with Ariana Bronne and Raphael Bronstein at the Hartt College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, where Mr. Oliveira also received an honorary doctorate. Other honors include an honorary doctorate from Binghamton University and the Order of Santiago, Portugal's highest civilian honor. He has served on the juries of numerous violin competitions including the Montreal, Indianapolis, Naumburg, and Vianna da Motta.

Elmar Oliveira is a Distinguished Artist in Residence at the Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida. He performs on a 1729/30 Guarneri del Gesu called the “Stretton,” and on several outstanding contemporary violins.