Csaba Erdélyi, Viola

Csaba Erdélyi, Viola

Csaba Erdélyi is the only violist ever to win the Carl Flesch Violin Competition (1972). He was solo violist on the soundtrack of Amadeus; he has recorded the Bartok concerto with the New Zealand Symphony. Born in Budapest, Erdélyi’s teachers include Yehudi...
Yehudi Menuhin, Violin

Yehudi Menuhin, Violin

Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) came to international renown with his performance of the Mendelssohn Concerto at age seven, and at fourteen made a now-legendary recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto. He went on to have one of the most distinguished and varied musical...
Cho-Liang Lin, Violin

Cho-Liang Lin, Violin

Cho-Liang Lin is internationally renowned as a violin soloist, chamber musician, and more recently, an orchestral conductor. He has recorded for Sony Classical, Decca, Ondine, Naxos, and won Gramophone’s Record of the Year and two Grammy nominations. Born in Taiwan in...
Erick Friedman, Violin

Erick Friedman, Violin

Erick Friedman (1939–2004) was one of the 20th Century’s most distinguished violinists. He studied with Galamian, Nathan Milstein, and then after beginning his concert career, with Jascha Heifetz, with whom he recorded the Bach Double Concerto for RCA. In 2000...
Elmar Oliveira, Violin

Elmar Oliveira, Violin

Elmar Oliveira, renowned soloist and recording artist, won a gold medal at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition in 1978 – and remains the only American to have done so. He began violin at age nine with his brother John, then studied with Ariana...