Bronislaw gimpel biography
- Bronislav Gimpel (January 29, 1911 – May 1, 1979) was a Polish-American violinist, and teacher.
- Bronisław Gimpel was a violinist, conductor, and teacher.
- A protege of Carl Flesch, Mr Gimpel is remembered as one of the outstanding violinists of the 20th Century.
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Pieces for violin
Bronisław Gimpel (violon)
Orchestre Symphonique de Berlin/Arthur Grüber
Orchestre Pro Musica, Stuttgart/Curt Cremer (Kreisler)
rec. 1960 (Brahms); 1958 (Kreisler)
Forgotten Records FR1854 [69]
Bronisław Gimpel (1911-1979) was never signed up by a major label and, as a consequence, his legacy has taken something of a backseat. It was a career that was multi-faceted, embracing the roles of soloist, concertmaster, chamber musician, teacher and conductor. Born in Lemberg, now known as Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, his first teacher was his father. At the age of eight he enrolled at the Lwów Conservatory to study with Moritz Wolfstahl. By eleven he’d progressed sufficiently to begin studies at the Vienna Conservatory under the tutelage of Robert Pollack, who was Isaac Stern’s early teacher. Later, Gimpel spent about a year with Carl Flesch at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, yet never attained the acclaim of the pedagogue’s most famous pupils, who included Henryk Szeryng,
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Gimpel, Bronislav
Gimpel, Bronislav, distinguished Austrian-born American violinist and teacher, brother of Jakob Gimpel; b. Lemberg, Jan. 29, 1911; d. Los Angeles, May I, 1979. He was a pupil of Pollack at the Vienna Cons. (1922-26) and of Flesch at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik (1928-29). In 1925 he appeared as soloist with the Vienna Sym. Orch. He was a laureate in the Wieniawski Competition in 1935. He was concertmaster of the Konigsberg Radio Orch. (1929-31), the Göteborg Sym. Orch. (1931-37), and the Los Angeles Phil. (1937-2), and later was 1st violin in the American Artist Quartet; he also played in the New Friends of Music Piano Quartet and the Marines Piano Trio (1950-56). Following tours of Europe as a soloist, where he also gave masterclasses in Karlsruhe (1959-61), he was 1st violin in the Warsaw Quintet (1962-67) and the New England Quartet (1967-73); he also was a prof, at the Univ. of Conn. (1967-73). Gimpers remarkable technique made him a notable soloist, recitalist, and chamber music player.
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