Born in Moson, Hungary, in 1873, Carl Flesch received his first violin lessons at age five from a saddler who played at the local church.

  Born on 28 December 1923 in Suwałki, Poland, Joseph Hassid was the second youngest among four siblings. His mother passed away when he was ten,

Polish violin virtuoso Josef Hassid was born on this day in 1923 – 92 years ago. A prodigious student of Carl Flesch, he was destined for a career of the highest caliber before crumbling tragically to the effects of mental illness. Violinist Fritz Kreisler famously remarked: “A fiddler such as Heifetz is born every 100 years; one like Hassid every 200 years”.

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JOSEF HASSID & GERALD MOORE | KREISLER | CAPRICE VIENNOIS | 1940