ON THIS DAY | Violinist Efrem Zimbalist Died in 1985

By The Violin Channel

February 22, 2021

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He served as the long-time Director of the Curtis Institute of Music, his famed students included Aaron Rosand, Oscar Shumsky, Felix Slatkin, Joseph Silverstein and Shmuel Ashkenasi

Russian-born violinist, pedagogue and composer Efrem Zimbalist died on this day in 1985, aged 94.

A student of Leopold Auer, he is remembered as one of the finest concert violinists of the 20th Century.

EFREM ZIMBALIST & HAROLD BAUER | BEETHOVEN | THEME AND VARIATIONS FROM THE 'KREUTZER' SONATA | 1926

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