As a founding member of Brooklyn Rider and a former member of the Silkroad Ensemble, Gandelsman worked with such luminaries as Béla Fleck, Martin Hayes, Kayhan Kalhor, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne Sofie Van Otter, and Abigail Washburn, among others. He has appeared with Bono, David Byrne, Renée Fleming, Rhiannon Giddens, I’m With Her, Christian McBride, Suzanne Vega, and many others. Gandelsman’s recording of the complete Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin reached number 1 on the Billboard Classical Chart, and made it onto the Best of the Year lists of New York Magazine and the New York Times. A passionate advocate for new music, Gandelsman has premiered dozens of new works, including music by Lisa Bielawa, Tyondai Braxton, Daniel Cords, Christina Courtin, Reena Esmail, Béla Fleck, Gabriela Lena Frank, Bill Frisell, Osvaldo Golijov, Gonzalo Grau, Ethan Iverson, Vijay Iyer, Colin Jacobsen, Gabriel Kahane, Rubin Kodheli, Angel Lam, Ljova, Dana Lyn, Nico Muhly, Padma Newsome, Shara Nova, Edward Perez, Matana Roberts, Kyle Sanna, Gregory Saunier, Caroline Shaw, Kojiro Umezaki, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, Du Yun, Evan Ziporyn, and John Zorn. He has been producing records since starting his label, In a Circle Records, in 2008. Gandelsman was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. He lived in Israel for five years before moving to the United States. He lives in Brooklyn.