A violinist, composer, conductor, and teacher, Efrem Zimbalist was born in 1889 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. He began violin studies with his father Aaron Zimbalist, who

  Established in 1979, and named after the prominent viola virtuoso William Primrose, the competition is open to violists of any nationality 29 years and younger. The

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

Today is American violinist Norman Carol's 92nd birthday! A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Efrem Zimbalist, Mr Carol served as