ON THIS DAY | Violinist Berl Senofsky was Born in 1926

The American violin virtuoso was born on this day in 1926

A student of Louis Persinger and Ivan Galamian, Mr. Senofsky was a recipient of the coveted Walter Naumburg Award — and was the first and only American first Prize winner at the Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition.

He passed away in 2002, at aged 76.

BERL SENOFSKY | BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO | 2ND MVT | SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI & NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC  | 1959