Robert McDuffie is an internationally-reknown violinist. He has soloed with many of the major orchestras around the world including those of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Minnesota, Houston, St. Louis, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the North German Radio Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome as well as the major orchestras of Australia and East Asia.

McDuffie was born into a musical family in Macon, Georgia. Both his mother, Susan McDuffie, and his younger sister, Margerie McDuffie, are pianists. He attended Julliard Music School in New York. He was nominated for a Grammy.

McDuffie has appeared on A&E's "Breakfast with the Arts", CBS's "Sunday Morning", NBC's "Today", PBS's "Charlie Rose", National Public Radio, as well as the front page of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.