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1564 |
Andrea Amati (d.1577), Italian violin maker, made one of the first of his famous violins in Cremona. Stradivari was one of his students. Links: Italy, Violin 
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1715 |
Daniel Parker (~1700-1775), English violin maker, visited Stradivari’s workshop about this time in Cremona, Italy, and acquired an abundance of the master’s secrets in making violins. Links: Italy, Britain, Violin
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1737 Dec 18 |
Antonio Stradivari, the most renowned violin maker in history, died in Cremona, Italy. He made about 1200 violins of great quality of which half still survive. In 2006 Joseph Nagyvary, a Texas biochemist and violin maker, put forward evidence that the quality of sound in a Stradivari violin was due to chemicals used to protect the wood from wood-eating worms. Links: Italy, USA, Chemistry, Texas, Violin
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1747 |
Carlo Bergonzi, the last of the great Cremonese violin makers, died. Links: Italy, Violin
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1829 May |
In Poland Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), Italian violinist, performed in concert in Warsaw. Frederic Chopin (19) was so impressed that he proceeded to compose a series of piano studies a la Paganini. Chopin’s 27 Etudes later became a cornerstone of every gifted pianist’s repertoire. Links: Poland, Piano, Violin, Classical Music
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1967 Sep 25 |
Stuff Smith (b.1909), jazz violinist, died in Munich, Germany. Links: Germany, Jazz, Violin
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1971 Oct 25 |
Midori Goto, Japanese violinist, was born in Osaka. Links: Japan, Violin
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1972 Oct 23 |
Jascha Haifetz (b.1901), virtuoso violinist, performed his farewell concert in Los Angeles at the age of 72. Links: USA, Violin
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1973 Feb 19 |
Joseph Szigeti (b.1892), Hungarian-born US violinist, died. Links: USA, Hungary, Violin
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1973 Mar 5 |
Paul Kletzki (b.1900), Polish violinist, composer, conductor, died. Links: Poland, Composer, Violin
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1974 Oct 24 |
David Oistrach (b.1908), virtuoso Russian violinist, died of a heart attack in Amsterdam. Links: Russia, Netherlands, Violin
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1979 |
Itzhak Perlman and the New York Philharmonic premiered the Violin Concerto of Earl Kim (d.1998 at 78) at Avery Fisher Hall. Links: USA, NYC, Violin, Classical Music
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1983 Oct 16 |
George Liberace (b.1911), American violinist, died. He was the older brother of Liberace (1919-1987), the famed pianist. Links: USA, Violin
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1983 |
David Schneider (1918-2005), violinist with the SF Symphony, authored “Music, Maestros, and Musicians.” Links: SF, Violin, Classical Music
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1986 Oct 16 |
Arthur Grumiaux (b.1921), Belgian violinist, died at 65. Links: Belgium, Violin
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1987 Dec 10 |
Jascha Heifetz (b.1901), Lithuania-born Jewish violinist, died in Los Angeles. Links: USA, California, Jews, Violin, Classical Music
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1987 |
Philip Glass composed his Violin Concerto. Links: Violin, Classical Music
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1993 Jul 19 |
Szymon Goldberg (84), Polish-born violinist, conductor, died in Japan. He became a US citizen in 1953 and two years later founded the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. Links: Japan, Poland, Netherlands, Violin, Classical Music
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1995 |
The Violin Concerto No. 2 by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki was written for the German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and premiered in Leipzig with the Central German Radio orchestra. Links: Germany, Poland, Violin, Classical Music
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1997 Jun 9 |
Danish violinist Nikolai Znaider won the Queen Elizabeth int’l. music prize. Links: Denmark, Violin
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1997 Dec 1 |
Stephane Grappelli, jazz violinist, died in Paris. In the mid-30s the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, with Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, recorded "Tiger Rag," "Dinah," and "Lady Be Good." His albums included "Live at Carnegie Hall, "Jazz Round Midnight," "Plays Jerome Kern," "Tivoli Gardens" (1979), "Satin Doll," ‘’Stardust," ‘For Django," and "Plays Gershwin." Links: Jazz, Violin
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1997 |
Charles Wolfe published "The Devil’s Box," a definitive work about old time fiddling. Links: Books, Violin
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1998 Jan 26 |
Shinichi Suzuki (99), pioneer of the 1950s Suzuki method for teaching music to young children, died in Japan. Links: Japan, Violin
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1999 Mar 12 |
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, died at age 82 in Berlin. Links: Violin
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2001 Sep 22 |
Isaac Stern (b.1920), Ukraine born Jewish immigrant to the US and legendary violinist, died. In 1960 he saved Carnegie Hall from the wrecking ball. Links: USA, NYC, Violin, Migrant
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2006 |
A Stradivarius violin fetched a record $3.5 million at auction. Links: USA, Violin
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2007 Nov 28 |
Joseph Hokai Tang (28), musician and violin dealer, was arrested for fraud following a performance in Eugene, Oregon. In 2008 he pleaded guilty to 10 fraud counts and admitted to bilking at least 120 people out of $400,000 worth of instruments. In 2008 he was sentenced in SF District Court to 37 months in prison. Links: USA, SF, Oregon, Violin, Fraud
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