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, country, and classical regularly. He was the concertmaster, music contractor and Music Coordinator for the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which ran on Broadway in from 2011 to 2014. Antoine has recorded and performed with

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, Peter Murphy,

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, Sharon Jones,

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and others. He soloed with the

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in 2009. Silverman is also the violinist in

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's band. He has 2 solo records: ''Swing Shift'', recorded in 1998, and ''Blue Moods'', in 2001. He also has written 2 educational books, ''Step One: Play Violin'', and ''Fiddle Tunes, Basic and Beyond''; the latter was released by Warner Brothers. In 2012, Silverman portrayed the symbolic role of Einstein in the revival of the

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/ Robert Wilson freeform opera ''

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''; during the production's world tour, Silverman alternated with

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in the role, and was seen primarily in non-North American performances of the opera.

Personal life

Silverman grew up in Hastings on Hudson in New York during the school year, and spent his summers in

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. He is the middle of 3 sons born to school teacher Tatiana and folk musician Jerry Silverman. He graduated from

Horace Mann School Horace Mann School (also known as Horace Mann or HM) is an American private, independent college-preparatory school in the Bronx, founded in 1887. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League, educating students from the New Yo ...

in 1989 and also attended

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

and

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in the joint program, graduating from Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts. Silverman studied violin with Albert Markov, Sally Thomas and Victor Danchenko. Silverman lives in New York City with his two children.

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