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2019-07-24 21:36:50
American violin virtuoso Ruggiero Ricci was born on this day in 1918 – 101 years ago. A protégé of Louis Persinger and Georg Kulenkampff, he is remembered as one of the most eminent musicians of the 20th Century. In addition to performing over 6,000 public performances during his 70-year solo career, Maestro Ricci also served distinguished teaching positions on […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-04-02 08:35:00
The strange tale of the Schumann concerto, tomorrow
[…] by the enquiries from England to the fact that something interesting was sitting in the Prussian State Library. Having investigated for themselves, they elected to override any alleged embargoes, as well as d’Arányi’s claim to priority. Germany’s most popular violin concerto, the one by the Jewish-born Mendelssohn, had been banned; Goebbels wished to promote Schumann’s suppressed work as a great German violin concerto by a great German composer – performed by a German soloist, Georg Kulenkampff. Menuhin, in the US, was relegated to second place and d’Arányi, in London, to third. She finally gave the UK premiere in February 1938. There was little chance, though, that the Nazis would persuade the public to love this concerto as much as they did Mendelssohn’s. To some – including the violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, whose new recording of the work is out next week – the work can represent a testimony to a mind […]
2019-02-17 17:07:15
German violinist Willy Hess died on this day in 1939 – aged 79. A protege of Joseph Joachim, he was a former Concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Hallé Orchestra. He held teaching positions on faculty at Harvard University and the Berlin Hochschule fur Musik – with his notable students including Georg Kulenkampff, […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-01-23 15:13:23
German Violin Virtuoso Georg Kulenkampff Born On This Day in 1898 [ON-THIS-DAY]
German violin virtuoso Georg Kulenkampff was born on this day in 1898 – 121 years ago. He is remembered as one of the finest violinists of the 20th Century – and for having given the premiere performance of Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D Minor. It is only that his recording career coincided with the […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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