Bernard Zaslav was born on April 7, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York and died on December 28, 2016.

He was an American viola soloist and chamber musician.

He also had an extensive recording and performance career.

Zaslav was a founding member of The Composers Quartet in 1965, he went on to play with the Fine Arts Quartet, Vermeer Quartet, and the Stanford String Quartet.

Zaslav has also performed and recorded as the Zaslav Duo with his wife, pianist Naomi Zaslav.

He was an student at the Juilliard School in 1946 as a violin student of Sascha Jacobsen and Mischa Mischakoff

Bernard Zaslav passed away at 90 years old.