- Josef Gingold
Josef Gingold (
October 28 ,1909 —January 11 ,1995 [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7DE1530F930A25752C0A963958260 New York Times obituary] ] ) known as the "second greatest teacher" of his time was born inBrest-Litovsk ,Russian Empire , and emigrated to theUnited States in 1920, where he studiedviolin with Vladimir Graffman inNew York City . He then moved toBelgium for several years to study with master violinistEugène Ysaÿe . He gave the first performance of Ysaÿe's 3rd Sonata for Solo Violin. In 1937, Gingold won a spot in theNBC Symphony Orchestra , withArturo Toscanini as its conductor; he then served as theconcertmaster (and occasional soloist) of theDetroit Symphony Orchestra , and later was theCleveland Orchestra 's concertmaster under conductorGeorge Szell .Gingold edited numerous violin technique books and orchestral excerpt collections. He taught at the Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music for more than thirty years, until his death in 1995. His pupils includedJaime Laredo ,Joseph Silverstein ,Ulf Hoelscher ,Joshua Bell ,Miriam Fried , Sho-Mei Pelletier, who is currently in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Texas,Shony Alex Braun , Herbert Greenberg, William Preucil, Yuval Yaron, Sherban Lupu, Andres Cardenes,Leonidas Kavakos , Phillip Grossman, Elisa Barston, Nai-Yuan Hu, and Corey Cerovsek. Gingold died inBloomington, Indiana in 1995.Gingold's recording of
Fritz Kreisler 's works was nominated for aGrammy Award . Some of the numerous honors he received during his lifetime include theAmerican String Teachers Association Teacher of the Year; the Fredrick Bachman Lieber Award for Distinguished Teaching atIndiana University ; the Chamber Music America National Service Award;Baylor University 's Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teachers; and theAmerican Symphony Orchestra League 's Golden Baton Award.Josef Gingold was a founder of the quadrennial Indianapolis Violin Competition.
A detailed literary portrait of Josef Gingold is included in the book, "Quintet, Five Journeys toward Musical Fulfillment," by David Blum (
Cornell University Press , 1999). It originally appeared as an article in the4 February ,1991 issue of "The New Yorker ".Notes
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*"Joseph Gingold" - International Violin Competition of Indianapolis [http://www.violin.org/ivci/gingold.html]
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