Alexander Michael Tseitlin was raised in a musical home where he began studying with his father Michael Tseitlin at the age of 5. Since then he has studied with Mark Kaplan at the University of California Los Angeles and Alice Schoenfeld at the University of Southern California.
Alexander made his orchestral debut at age 9 with Vivaldi's "Spring" at the Lyceum Theater in San Diego and has since performed throught the United States as well as Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia, Belgium, and Portugal.
His chamber music career has lead him to collaborate with prominent artists such as David Chan, Mark Kaplan, Paul Coletti, and Antonio Lysy.
He has recorded several albums with independent labels and regularly premiers the solo and chamber works of the composers of today.
He was previously on faculty as Professor of Violin Performance at the California Institute of Music and currently is in residence with Eleos Arts in Pacific Palisades and Thousand Oaks.