Erika Morini

Erika Morini (Vienna, January 5 1904- New York City, October 31 1995 ) was an Austrian violinist, born in Vienna. She received her first instruction from her father, Oscar, originally from Trieste, who was the director of his own music school in the Imperial capital, and completed her studies under Otakar Ševčík. Hers was a case of remarkable precocity. When she made her début in Berlin, under Nikisch, in 1917, the critics made no allowance for her youth, but spoke of her work as the equal of that of the most famous of the younger generation of violinists. Her American début at New York (January 26, 1921) was one of the musical sensations of the year, and since then she performed in the United States often, both in recital and with the foremost orchestras. She resided in New York after 1938, and began spelling her first name "Erica". She made her first visit to London in 1923.

She retired in 1976, and died in October 1995, soon after the theft of her Stradivari violin. ( [http://www.arbiterrecords.com/morini.html] , [http://www.audaud.com/audaud/FEB03/REISSUES/recds2FEB03.html] )

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