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Carl Flesch (born Károly Flesch, 9 October 1873 – 14 November 1944) was a Hungarian classical violinist and teacher. Flesch’s compendium Scale System is a staple of violin pedagogy . Life and career
The Carl Flesch International Violin Competition (also known as the International Competition for Violinists "Carl Flesch" and the City of London International Competition for Violin and Viola (Carl Flesch Medal)) was an international music competition for violinists, and later viola players, held between 1945 and 1992 in London.
In 1990, Vengerov won the International Carl Flesch Competition, securing a recording contract with Teldec and launching his international career. Vengerov moved to Israel with his family in 1990, continuing his studies at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. In 2006, he founded the Musicians of Tomorrow school in northern Israel.
Having decided to devote himself to the viola in 1971, he entered the Carl Flesch International Competition in 1972 as a violist, winning the City of London prize (second prize) [1] in his first public appearance with the instrument.
Carl Flesch (1873–1944), Hungarian violinist and pedagogue; Colette Flesch (born 1937), Luxembourgian former politician and fencer; Gerhard Flesch (1909–1948), German Nazi Gestapo and SS officer executed for war crimes; János Flesch (1933 – 1983) was a chess Grandmaster; Jeb Flesch (born 1969), American football player
Szeryng started piano and harmony lessons with his mother when he was 5, and at age 7 turned to the violin, receiving instruction from Maurice Frenkel. After studies with Carl Flesch in Berlin (1929–1932), he went to Paris to continue his studies with Jacques Thibaud at the Conservatory, graduating with a premier prix in 1937.
In 1937 at the age of 14 he won the Premier Prix, the youngest ever student to do so. Fritz Kreisler won the Premier Prix in Paris in 1887 at age 12. After his studies in Paris, Neaman travelled to London to study with Carl Flesch, [2] and in 1939 returned to France to study with Jacques Thibaud.
Hansheinz Schneeberger (16 October 1926 – 23 October 2019) [1] was a Swiss violinist.. Born in Bern, he studied under Walter Kägi at the conservatory in Bern, as well as Carl Flesch and Boris Kamensky.