Ruggiero Ricci, Violin

Ruggiero Ricci, Violin

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...
Ilya Kaler, Violin

Ilya Kaler, Violin

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,...