May 5, 2026
Violinist Oliver Neubauer will perform at Brevard Philharmonic’s season finale Sunday, May 17 at 3 p.m. at Brevard College’s Porter Center. Submitted photo
Acclaimed violinist Oliver Neubauer is praised for his rich tone and technical brilliance. Both are expected to be on display when his interpretation of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 serves as the highlight of the Brevard Philharmonic’s season finale Sunday, May 17 at 3 p.m. in the Porter Center at Brevard College.
The performance will begin with Shostakovich’s Festival Overture and conclude with Respighi’s Pines of Rome, a piece which promises to build to a bold and triumphant finale filled with rich orchestral color, as well as a powerful and fitting close to the Philharmonic’s season.
At age of 12, Neubauer attended the Music@Menlo program in San Francisco and for the first time and played Mozart’s E-flat Piano Quartet, an experience that sparked a deep passion for chamber music that remains with him to this day. He was a member of the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program from 2013-2015, performed at Juilliard ChamberFest in 2017, and attended the Four Seasons Winter Workshop in 2019 and 2020.
Coming from a musical home, Neubauer performs frequently with his father Paul Neubauer, mother Kerry McDermott, and sister Clara Neubauer. He has also collaborated and performed with acclaimed artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Carter Brey, Fred Sherry, Ani Kavafian, Shai Wosner, Jason Vieaux, the Ulysses Quartet, and the Dover Quartet.
As a soloist, Oliver Neurbauer has appeared with the National Repertory Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony, the Sound Symphony Orchestra, the Juilliard AXIOM Ensemble, the New York Concerti Sinfonietta, and the Symphony of Westchester. He received the Prix de l’APCAV award at the 2023 Verbier Festival Academy, 1st prize in the 2023 Hellam Young Artists Competition, 3rd prize in the 2023 ArsClassica International Competition, the Gold Award at the 2018 National YoungArts Competition and has garnered top prizes in the 2020 Adelphi Competition College Division, the 2017 Young Musicians Competition at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Artist in You Competition sponsored by the Doublestop Foundation.
In the summer of 2019, Oliver spent a week in São Paulo, Brazil, working with the Guri Youth String Orchestra and teaching masterclasses. While deeply inspired by the spirit of music making during his exchange program, he hopes to recreate that atmosphere of genuine passion, joy, and curiosity in communities around the world.
A pre-performance discussion of the works will take place at 2 p.m. in the Scott Commons of the Porter Center. For more information or to reserve tickets, call 828-884-4221.