Mr. Sverdlove is an alumni of the Bowdoin International Music Festival where he studied several summers with Lewis Kaplan of the Juilliard School. Max was also the recipient of the Bryce and Jonelle Jordan Music Scholarship to the Penn State University School of Music where he was a student of James Lyon. Max Sverdlove graduated from Penn State with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance in May 2005. Mr. Sverdlove performs on the “Arcalli”, a fine Italian mid-18th century violin, and currently records exclusively on the Musical Horizon® label.