Polish violinist Josef Hassid died on this day in 1950 – aged just 26.
Battling schizophrenia for much of his adult life, Mr Hassid died from meningitis – following an unsuccessful brain operation.
Austrian virtuoso Fritz Kreisler once said: “A fiddler such as Heifetz is born every 100 years; one like Hassid every 200.”
JOSEF HASSID & GERALD MOORE | ACHRON | HEBREW MELODY
Teenage Genius (his complete published oeuvre) |CD|
Josef Hassid, violin
Gerald Moore, piano
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Digital Gramophone
