INTERVIEW WITH BEN LEYBOVICH NOLAND ARARACAP
Hello Ben. Thanks for taking the time to speak with us.
My pleasure Noland!
Can you give us a little background about yourself.
Well, I was born in the former USSR. My family immigrated to America in 1989. My professional destiny was
sealed, so to speak, at the age of three when my grandfather gifted me a book about the world-renowned
violinist David Oistrakh with a message inside the cover: To my grandson Ben – a future violinist. From then
on everybody, including me, knew that I was going to be a professional violinist. I began my studies by the
age of 5 and upon arrival to the United States, I enrolled at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory
of Music on a full scholarship. Everything went according to plan for a few years, but eventually some
developments forced me to change course…