by brightgirl | Jul 18, 2017 | Clients
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...
by brightgirl | Jul 18, 2017 | Clients
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...
by brightgirl | Jul 13, 2017 | Clients
The late Ruggiero Ricci (1918 – 2012), one of the great violinists of the twentieth century, studied with Louis Persinger in San Francisco, where he made a sensational debut at the age of ten. Ricci has since performed over 5,000 concerts in 65 countries, and has a...
by brightgirl | Jun 5, 2017 | Clients
Ilya Kaler, the only violinist to win gold medals at all three of the Tchaikovsky (1986), Sibelius (1985), and Paganini (1981) competitions, tours internationally as a soloist and with the Tempest Trio. Born in Moscow, he studied with Zinaida Gilels, Yuri Yankelevich,...