American Violist Brett Deubner has performed worldwide as one of this century’s most important viola soloists, appearing with more than 80 orchestras in 11 countries. To date he has received over 50 viola concertos composed and dedicated to him, and he has 20 CDs on various labels including Naxos, Centaur, Innova, and Albany, all received to critical acclaim.
As a concerto soloist, Deubner’s debut with the Grammy award-winning New Jersey Symphony Orchestra premiering Lalo Schifrin’s Triple Concerto resulted in numerous subsequent engagements throughout the U.S. and abroad. Deubner went on to perform worldwide with more than 80 orchestras in 11 countries to unanimous approval for “the warmth and sparkling” quality of his playing (Doblinger Press, Vienna).
In 2017 Deubner received the United States Congressional Certificate of Recognition for his commitment to music and education. In 2019 Deubner received a Latin Grammy nomination for “Best Classical CD Recording” for his recording of Houston Dunleavy’s Concerto “A Kiss Before the World’s End” with the Orquesta de Heredia of Costa Rica. He is a recipient of the 2022 Global Music Awards Silver Medal for his recording “Transfiguration”, an album of works by Stanley Grill for two, three and four violas of which he recorded all the parts.
In 2022-2023 Brett Deubner performed 10 viola concertos with orchestras in North and South America, and Europe. In addition to recording with piano partner Allison Brewster Franzetti in a highly acclaimed debut album “Mother Earth,” in the 2023 season he released his debut “Solo” album featuring works composed for him. In the fall of 2022 he made concerto recordings in Prague with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic and in Estonia with the Laanesaarte Kammerorkester.
A devoted and passionate chamber music collaborator, Deubner has performed with Pinchas Zukerman, Joseph Kalichstein, Andre Michel-Schub, the Tokyo Quartet, Vermeer Quartet, Colorado Quartet clarinetists Guy Deplus and Alexander Fiterstein, as well as flutists Ransom Wilson and Carol Wincenc.
Brett Deubner makes his home in the New York Metropolitan area where he is currently on the string faculty of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York. He is on the faculty of the Round Top Festival in Texas. He plays on a viola made for him by Alejandro Bacelar and is officially endorsed by D’Addario, the world’s largest strings manufacturer, as a solo artist who uses the Kaplan Amo strings exclusively