06/03/2026
⚠️ 📢 🚨 Eric Gratz joins Bein & Company as Sales Associate! We're so thrilled to have Eric on the team!
Internationally celebrated violinist Eric Gratz combines a robust performing and teaching career with a passion for fine instruments and bows. He has appeared as soloist and concertmaster with over two dozen orchestras, including those of Cleveland, Louisiana, Phoenix, San Antonio, Tucson, Santa Fe Opera, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Gratz performs recitals and chamber music on major stages around the world, is a Billboard-charting recording artist, and serves as Artistic Director of the American Chamber Music Society in Chicago.
He previously served for nine seasons as concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony, where he took part in numerous world premieres, regularly play-conducted the orchestra, and frequently appeared as soloist in concerto repertoire ranging from Bach to Bartok. Deeply committed to education, he has recorded several hours of video courses for Tonebase Violin, is on faculty at Music Institute of Chicago and North Central College, and serves on the summer faculty at Interlochen as a Valade Concertmaster.
Gratz's lifelong fascination with fine instruments has been bolstered by his rich performance history on violins by Stradivari, Guadagnini, Amati, Balestrieri, Serafin, Vuillaume, and many others. He is deeply curious about the tonal and historical qualities that define exceptional stringed instruments and bows, offering a concert violinist's perspective that appeals to both performers and collectors.
