Connected to the great Russian violin school of Leopold Auer and Raphael Bronstein, Michael Ludwig has served as Artist-in-Residence Professor of Violin at Montclair State University's John J. Cali School of Music as well as Adjunct Professor of Music (Violin) at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. He is highly sought after for private instruction, master classes, and chamber music coaching. Michael studied violin with his father, Irving Ludwig, who was a violinist in the Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director of the Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra. Michael Ludwig's deep commitment as a teacher has been shaped by his studies with his father, as well as his studies with two of the great violin pedagogues of the 20th century, Josef Gingold and Raphael Bronstein. He has led master classes at the Frost School of Music, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the New World Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, the University of South Carolina, Converse College, SUNY Fredonia, and the Omaha Conservatory of Music. Michael has served as Assistant to the Music Director at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He has served as adjunct professor of violin at Rowan University as well as Temple University of Music Preparatory Division, and has served on the faculty of the National Youth Orchestra Festival, the School of Orchestral Studies in Saratoga Springs, NY, and the Bears Town International Summer Music Camp at Dae Jin University, South Korea. Michael has also served as the Sterne Virtuoso Artist-In-Residence at Skidmore College. In addition to teaching violin, Michael also teaches viola, chamber music, and orchestral ensemble sectionals.