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Jascha Heifetz (/ ˈ h aɪ f ɪ t s /; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1901 – December 10, 1987) was a Russian-American violinist, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. [1] Born in Vilnius , he was soon recognized as a child prodigy and was trained in the Russian classical violin style in St. Petersburg .
Oistrakh was now seen as one of the great violinists of his time, alongside fellow Russian Nathan Milstein, Romania's George Enescu and Lithuanian-born Jascha Heifetz. Oistrakh in 1972. Oistrakh suffered a heart attack in 1964. He survived and continued to work at a furious pace.
The book Jascha Heifetz: Early Years in Russia says that his mother was born in Belarus, and that his paternal grandfather was also from Belarus, teaching at a Jewish boys school in Vitebsk. His father was born in either Puławy in Poland or Polotsk in Belarus.
In 1955 he moved to the United States where he met Jascha Heifetz. There he made several tours, managed by Sol Hurok , including those conducted by Eugene Ormandy (Tchaikovsky, in Philadelphia) and George Szell (Sibelius, on 15,16 and 18 December 1955 in New York). [ 10 ]
Claire Hodgkins, an internationally known violinist, teacher, chamber musician, and founder of the Jascha Heifetz Society, was born in Portland, Oregon the daughter of James L. and Viena H. Hodgkins. She started violin lessons at age four with James Eoff and continued with Edward Hurliman, concertmaster of the Portland Symphony at age nine.
The music, based on various themes from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen and unrelated to the similarly titled work Carmen Fantasy by Pablo de Sarasate, [2] was initially meant to be played by Jascha Heifetz. [3] However, he was replaced by a young Isaac Stern for the film's recording of the score. Stern's hands can be seen in the close-up shots ...
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Ayke Agus (born 1949) is an Indonesian classical violinist and pianist, known primarily through her longtime collaboration with the violinist Jascha Heifetz. She is one of the rare classical music performers who has performed as a soloist accompanied by an orchestra as a Multi-instrumentalist .