61. Featured Violinist Passionate About Music, Cancer Research | The San Diego Union Her short list includes such legendary performers as violinists mischa elman andNathan Milstein, folk singer/composer Bob Dylan, jazz vibraphonist Milt http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040820/news_1c20sumfest.html

document.write(''); News Sports Entertainment Classifieds Web Friday News Local News Opinion Business ... Saturday Weekly Sections Books Personal Tech Enlace Family ... Subscribe to the UT LA JOLLA SUMMERFEST 2004 Featured violinist passionate about music, cancer research By Valerie Scher CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC August 20, 2004 SUMMERFEST SPOTLIGHT Joan Kwuon, violinist Age: Home: New York City. She lives with her husband of five years, Joel Smirnoff, first violinist of the famed Juilliard String Quartet (as well as a SummerFest participant), and their yellow Lab, Emily. "There has never been anything that I have felt as strongly about as music. I believe music is an integral part of society, a big part of human existence that makes life more beautiful and meaningful." Influential factors: Starting violin lessons as a first-grader at L.A.'s Grant Elementary School. "I wanted to learn the violin because my older sister Janet (then a sixth-grader, now an L.A. attorney), was learning to play. Every time she practiced, I would bother her and want to play her instrument. Janet asked the music teacher, Nora Graham, if I could be part of the program. She agreed even though students were supposed to be in fourth grade to begin music. She also found a half-size violin for me to play. I was thrilled." Special project: A breast cancer survivor, she, along with her husband, founded the nonprofit organization Artists for Breast Cancer Survival, which promotes breast cancer research and patient care in addition to heightening awareness of the disease, especially among younger women. So far, the group has raised more than $1 million through Carnegie Hall concerts starring such performers as Itzhak Perlman, Tony Bennett and Andre Previn.

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63. Elman, Mischa --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia A violin virtuoso in the Romantic tradition, mischa elman was one of the foremostviolinists of the 20th century. He was a passionate musician with a wide http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9322389

64. Elman, Mischa --  Encyclopædia Britannica elman, mischa violin virtuoso in the Romantic tradition, one of the foremostviolinists of the 20th century. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9032457

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66. Legendary Violinists. Mischa Elman Legendary Violinists, back to intro. mischa elman, mischa elman Birth January20, 1891 in Talnoy Death April 05, 1967 in New York, United States http://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/violin/elman.html

Birth: January 20, 1891 in Talnoy Death: April 05, 1967 in New York, United States Nationality: American Occupation: violinist Tribute to Mischa Elman Mischa Elman Elman, Mischa (actually, Mikhail Saulovich), remarkable Russian-born American violinist; b. Talnoy, Jan. 20, 1891; d. N.Y., April 5, 1967. Further Readings Bibliography A. Kozinn, M. E. AND THE ROMANTIC STYLE (Chur and N.Y., 1990). The Gale Group Choose another violinist Mischa Elman Georges Enesco Christian Ferras Zino Francescatti Ivry Gitlis Arthur Grumiaux Ida Haendel Jascha Heifetz Leonid Kogan Fritz Kreisler Yehudi Menuhin Nathan Milstein Ginette Neveu Itzhak Perlman Ruggiero Ricci Isaac Stern Henryk Szeryng Joseph Szigeti Jacques Thibaud

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Welcome Listening to this program is like traveling in a TIME MACHINE! A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE ART OF VIOLIN PLAYING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE RECORDING ERA A unique and illustrative glimpse into the personalities who created music history as they brought the art of violin playing to its zenith. With some rare and even unknown historical violin recordings and fascinating narrative, the world of Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Yehudi Menuhin, Leopold Auer, and other giants of the field, comes alive and enchants the listeners with its beauty. The audience will travel through time to the days of Paganini via his closest musical heirs, those violinists whose lives touched Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski, Sarasate, and Joachimthe giants of the XIX Century. Rare examples from the beginning of the Recording Era feature Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer, Pablo Sarasate, Joseph Joachim, and others. These vividly illustrate the musical links to the past giants of the violin world, giving tantalizing hints of the techniques and sounds that now remain only legendary. Host-narrator Yuri Beliavsky, with his authentic commentary, makes this enlightening series both entertaining and educational, as he describes the evolution of violin technique and style, compares recordings, and relates the colorful stories of the violinists’ lives.

68. Art Of Violin: Historical Violin Recordings Of Jascha Heifetz, Kreisler & More. mischa elman mischa elman (3 programs) The violin superstar who first brought fame Leopold AUER’s violin school mischa elman 3 Hours (including RARE http://www.artofviolin.com/services.html

Services JASCHA HEIFETZ Jascha HEIFETZ (6 programs) The undisputed King of the Violin, Jascha Heifetz changed the course of violin history. Violin art before Heifetz, Heifetz’s early life and training, his recordings (including an unknown Russian recording from 1911, when Heifetz was 10 years old), the secret of his genius and the genesis of the new era in violin art are discussed. Jascha HEIFETZ - 3 Hours (including an unknown Russian Recording of 10 year old Heifetz, made in 1911). 3 CDs. $35.00 LEOPOLD AUER Leopold AUER and his Violin School (3 programs) Father of the Russian-Jewish violin school, Auer made possible the emergence of the XX Century’s greatest violinists. Auer’s early history, training, musical influences, teaching methods, and his famous pupils are covered. MISCHA ELMAN Mischa ELMAN (3 programs) The violin superstar who first brought fame to Auer’s school. Elman’s meteoric rise from the Pale of Settlement to supremacy in the violin world, his unique musical gift, and his place in violin history are discussed.

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70. Mischa Elman - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia He finally gave in, and gave mischa a miniature violin, on which he soon The elman family moved to the United states, and mischa became a citizen in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischa_Elman

Mischa Elman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mischa Elman Mischa Elman January 20 April 5 ) was a Ukrainian -born violinist, famed for his passionate style and the beauty of his tone. He was born in the small village of Talnoye in the province of Kiev. His grandfather was a klezmer , a Jewish folk musician, who also played the violin. It became apparent when Mischa was very young that he had perfect pitch, but his father hesitated about a career as a musician, since musicians were not very high on the social scale. He finally gave in, and gave Mischa a miniature violin, on which he soon learned several tunes by himself. Soon thereafter, he was taken to Odessa , where he studied at the Imperial Academy of Music. Pablo de Sarasate gave him a recommendation, stating that he could become one of the great talents of Europe. He auditioned for Leopold Auer at the age of 11, playing the Wieniawski Concerto No. 2 and 24th Caprice by Paganini . Auer was so impressed that he had Elman admitted to the St. Petersburg Conservatory In , Elman began to play concerts in the homes of wealthy patrons of the arts, and he made his Berlin debut in , creating a great sensation. His

71. Jewish Violinists Leopold Auer; Joshua Bell 2; mischa elman; Jascha Heifetz; Joseph Joachim;Fritz Kreisler 4; Lord Yehudi Menuhin; Nathan Milstein; David Oistrakh http://www.jinfo.org/Violinists.html

JEWISH VIOLINISTS SHORT LIST Leopold Auer Joshua Bell Mischa Elman Jascha Heifetz Joseph Joachim Fritz Kreisler Lord Yehudi Menuhin Nathan Milstein David Oistrakh Itzhak Perlman Gil Shaham Isaac Stern Henryk Szeryng Joseph Szigeti Henryk (Henri) Wieniawski Pinchas Zukerman COMPREHENSIVE LIST Joseph Achron Licco Amar Leopold Auer Yuri Bashmet Joshua Bell Adolf Brodsky Ferdinand David Mischa Elman Aldo Ferraresi Carl Flesch Pamela Frank Miriam Fried Joseph Fuchs Ivry Gitlis Vadim Gluzman Szymon Goldberg Ida Haendel Emil Hauser Jascha Heifetz Gustav Hollaender Bronislaw Huberman Joseph Joachim Oleg Kagan Leonid Kogan Rudolf Kolisch Miriam Kramer Fritz Kreisler Gidon Kremer Albert Markov Alexander Markov Lord Yehudi Menuhin Anne Akiko Meyers Nathan Milstein Shlomo Mintz Mischa Mischakoff Erica Morini Tivadar Nachez David Oistrakh Igor Oistrakh Itzhak Perlman Mark Peskanov Michael Rabin Aaron Rosand Alexander Schneider Gil Shaham Hagai Shaham Oscar Shumsky Joseph Silverstein Tossy Spivakosky Vladimir Spivakov Arnold Steinhardt Isaac Stern Henryk Szeryng Joseph Szigeti Henri Temianka Lionel Tertis Maxim Vengerov Henryk (Henri) Wieniawski Efrem Zimbalist Pinchas Zukerman Paul Zukofsky NOTES 1. See

72. Mischa Elman Plays Tchaikovsky And Mendelssohn Concertos [JW]: Classical CD Revi Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 (1844) mischa elman (violin) Boston SymphonyOrchestra/Paul Paray, December 1945 (Tchaikovsky) http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Apr03/Elman_Tchaikovsky_Mend

Your clickable banner could be here: details If you cannot see an advert click here. MusicWeb is not a subscription site and it is these advertisers that pay for it. Please visit their sites regularly to see if anything might interest you. Purchasing from them keeps MusicWeb free. Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Founder Len Mullenger MusicWeb International is now partnering for World-wide FREE postage on CD purchases and for downloads. Mischa Elman plays Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn Concertos Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 (1878) Felix MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 (1844) Mischa Elman (violin) Boston Symphony Orchestra/Paul Paray, December 1945 (Tchaikovsky) New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Dimitri Mitropoulos, November 1953 (Mendelssohn) MUSIC AND ARTS CD 868 AVAILABILITY www.musicandarts.com Elman made two commercial recordings of the Tchaikovsky Concerto. The first, with Barbirolli in 1929, has seldom been out of the catalogue in one form or another. The second dates from an LPO session with Boult in 1954 and is much less well known. But dating from December 1945 comes this live Boston/Paray traversal that catches the great violinist still on the right side of physical infirmity and a gradual but inexorable waning of powers. These latter do manifest themselves in particular ways in the companion concerto, the Mendelssohn.

73. Gil Shaham In London (II): Adams, Barber, Copland, Bernstein, Gil Shaham (violin his performance he brought a sound to his violin that made him sound close toMischa elman, the most distinctively toned violinist of the last century. http://www.musicweb-international.com/SandH/2004/Jan-Apr04/shaham2.htm

Founder Len Mullenger: Len@musicweb.uk.net MusicWeb Internet powered by FreeFind Gil Shaham in London (II): Adams, Barber, Copland, Bernstein, Gil Shaham (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, David Zinman, RFH, 7 th March 2004 (MB) Gil Shaham’s second concert with the Philharmonia (there will now unexpectedly be a third when he appears as soloist next Saturday in Beethoven’s violin concerto) was everything it should have been – and more. A long-time advocate of Samuel Barber’s exquisite violin concerto (though in this instance he played with a score), he gave the kind of sumptuous performance perhaps only Shaham is capable of delivering. To this day, he remains the most individual sounding violinist to come from that boiler-house of DeLay/Juilliard teaching; at times during his performance he brought a sound to his violin that made him sound close to Mischa Elman, the most distinctively toned violinist of the last century. Throughout, the Philharmonia’s playing was impeccable – as it was during the rest of the concert. Beginning with Adams’ ‘The Chairman Dances’ from his opera

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75. Jose Sanchez-Penzo: The Way Famous String Instruments Went - Players Pupils. Dushkin, Samuel; elman, mischa; Hansen, Cecilia; Heifetz, Jascha;Menges, Isolde Wrolstad, Mark A famed violin s fantastic journey Long-lost http://www.jose-sanchez-penzo.net/stPl_A-C.html

Players: (A-C) (Player section of The Way Famous String Instruments Went Accardo, Salvatore Italian b 26.09.1941 Turin V Montagnana, Domenico V Cannone Guarn. d. G. V Firebird Strad., A. V Hart Strad., A. V ex Reiffenberg Strad., A. V Reynier Strad., A. V Zahn Strad., A. Remarks: Accardo played Paganini's Cannone for a recording of the label Dynamic. Teachers: Ambrosio, Luigi d' Austruc, Yvonne - Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena Dedicated works: Piston, Walter:Fantasia for Violin Xenakis, Iannis:Dikhtas Almond, Frank b .. V Dushkin Strad., A. Remarks: Frank Almond has been given this instrument on loan through the Stradivari Society, Chicago. Altenburger, Christian Austrian b 07.09.1957 Heidelberg V Strad., A. Remarks: p 16 Teachers: Morawec, Ernst - Vienna DeLay, Dorothy - Julliard School of Music in New York Altman, Julian American b .. d 12.08.1985 Connecticut V Gibson ex Hubermann Strad., A. Remarks: Julian Altman was a café violinist who is said to have stolen Hubermann this instrument from his dressing room at Carnegie Hall while Hubermann was performing on his Guarneri del Gesú. After his death in a correctional facility in Connecticut his widow gave in court contradictory versions of the theft. Altman, who played on the Gibson for nearly 50 years, was in prision not due to the theft but due to sexual abuse of his wife's grandchild.

76. Jose Sanchez-Penzo: The Way Famous String Instruments Went - Players Goodkind, Schoofs, Goodkind, Herbert K. Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 60 elman, mischa ? Private owner ? Vidoudez, Pierre Geneva http://www.jose-sanchez-penzo.net/stIn_V-X.html

Named Instruments: (V-X) (Instrument section of The Way Famous String Instruments Went Venus Strad., A. V Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: French nobleman Herrmann, Emil Gessel, Harry von Herrmann, Emil Remarks: , p 79 Vesuvius Strad., A. V Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: Brosa, Antonio Remarks: ex Vidoudez Strad., A. V This instrument's names in literature: Goodkind: Schoofs Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: Elman, Mischa Private owner Vidoudez, Pierre - Geneva Musician - Zurich (1972) Bongartz - Aachen Rieu, Andre - Netherlands (1998) Bongartz - Aachen (1998) Remarks: , p 31 Vieuxtemps Strad., A. V Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: Strogonoff, Count Vieuxtemps Hamma Geissmar, Dr., Mannheim (1900) Geissmar, Family Remarks: ex Vieuxtemps Guarn. d. G. V Owners/players/dealers in chronological order: Vieuxtemps Papini, Guido Camposelice, Duc de Ricci, Ruggiero Remarks: Played by Ricci in the recording 'The Glory of Cremona'. ex Vieuxtemps Guarn. d. G.

77. Judaic Treasures Of The Library Of Congress: George Gershwin on the names of four famous Russian violinists mischa elman, Jascha Heifetz, The virtuoso violinists of this song title are elman, Heifetz, Seidel, http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/loc/Gershwin.html

Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress: George Gershwin Early in life, George Gershwin (1898-1937) frequented the Yiddish theaters on Second Avenue in New York's Lower East Side and was much taken with the music of Joseph Rumshisky. In 1915, Boris Thomashevsky, reigning star of the Yiddish Theater, invited Gershwin and Sholem Secunda to collaborate on a Yiddish operetta. Gershwin was willing, but Secunda refused to join with a young, musically untrained, publishing-house pianist. Later in life, when he was already a successful writer of popular songs, Gershwin signed a contract with the Metropolitan Opera to write an opera based on Ansky's Dybbuk and was ready to go to Europe to study Jewish music, but having learned that the rights to the play had already been given to Ludovico Rocca, he withdrew Gershwin's idiom was the American scene and its music. Beginning with jazz and popular songs, he broadened his talents thematically and musically, until they culminated in his greatest work, the opera Porgy and Bess (1935).

78. Historical-Interest Classical CDs, LPs, 78s, Books, DVDS mischa elman, w.Alexander Hilsberg Cond. Robin Hood Dell Orch. Concerto 2 in It was so amazingly rich, some said it flowed from his violin like lava. http://www.norpete.com/auctions/Nos06.asp.htm

Call us: or Home About Us Announcements Auctions ... Checkout/ View Cart The following Nos. Violin 78rpm records. ZINO FRANCESCATTI w.Maurice Fauré (Pf.): Tzigane (Ravel), 2s. 12” EL blue shellac M-A, lovely copy has, Sd.1 only, faintest pap. rubs inaud MB 20 MISCHA ELMAN w.Percy B. Kahn (Pf.): Miniatures, Op.314, #3 - Gavotte Bohm 10" AC black London G & T G.C recorded 14 June, 1906 A, lovely copy has usual faintest pap.rubs inaud MB 45 MISCHA ELMAN w.Raymond Bauman (Pf.): Serenade #1 in A ( Drdla w. Bourdon Cond Kaleidoscope – Orientale (Cui). 10” EL Orth Vla only form of issue, 1928. M-A, lovely copy has, Sd . 1 only, faint pap. rub inaud MB 10 MISCHA ELMAN w.Raymond Bauman (Pf.): Etude alla saltarella Wieniawski Vocalise (Rachmaninoff). 10” EL Orth Vla only form of issue, 1928. M-A, Exemplary! MB 10 MISCHA ELMAN w.Josef Bonime (Pf.): Serenade in G, Op.30, Arensky ) / Minuet in G (Beethoven). 10” EL Orth Vla 1434, POM-1926/‘29, resp M-A, lovely copy has, Sd . 2 only, 2 wee pap. scrs inaud MB 10 MISCHA ELMAN w.Carroll Hollister (Pf.):

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Ordering Information Feedback Poster Sized Photographs of Great 20th Century Violinists Large format sepia photographs picture four of the greatest violinists of all time. These are rare images of Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, Efrem Zimbalist and Fritz Kreisler as young men just beginning their illustrious careers. The violinist's name appears in script on the lower right or left corner. Each measures approximately 20" wide x 25.75" high. All suffer from water damage. Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985) Marked "C. Mishkin N.Y." (Stock number 003Zimbalist) Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) Marked "Horner Photo." (Stock number 003Heifetz) $75. SOLD Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Marked " 1913 Dupont NY." (Stock number 003Kreisler) $75. SOLD Back to Index Back to the-forum Home To order

80. Jewish Composers And Performers mischa elman, Isaac Stern, Yitzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham, Leonid Kogan, There is no longer a clear Jewish majority of renowned violinists, http://www.jochnowitz.net/Essays/JewishComp.html

Jewish Composers and Performers Is there a Jewish instrument? It would have to be the shofar, sounded during the month of Elul, during Rosh Hashanah services, and at the end of Yom Kippur. Is there a modern instrument that is a descendant of the shofar? The trumpet comes to mind, or perhaps the trombone or the tuba. Are Jews famous for playing brasses? Not particularly, although when we consider the world of klezmer music, we have trumpeter Frank London. When we get to woodwinds, the clarinet seems to be a candidate, both in classical and klezmer music, although the clarinet is a relatively recent instrument, attributed to Johann Christopher Denner and invented in Nuremberg in about 1690. The most famous clarinetist, noted for both swing and classical music, is probably Benny Goodman. The voice is a universal instrument, and there certainly is a tradition of cantorial singing. Back in the 20th century, there were quite a few Jewish opera stars at the Metropolitan Opera, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, Roberta Peters, and Beverly Sills among them. One tenor, Richard Tucker, also had a career as a cantor. But it is among violinists that Jews are particularly numerous: Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, Isaac Stern, Yitzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham, Leonid Kogan, Nathan Millstein, David Oistrakh, Maxim Vengerov - to name only a few. Erica Morini, perhaps the most famous woman violinist of the first half of the 20th century, was Jewish. My father saw her perform in Cracow when he was a young man. I saw her perform at Carnegie Hall when I was a young man. For most of the 20th century, Jews seemed to dominate the ranks of top violinists. My wife has told me about a riddle she heard some decades ago: What is the world's shortest book? Answer:

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