Austrian violinist and pedagogue Jakob Dont passed away in Vienna in 1888 at age 73. A student of Josef Böhm and Georg Hellmesberger, he became a member

  Presented by the Tongyeong International Music Foundation since 2003, the Isangyun Competition is held in remembrance of renowned Korean composer Isang Yun (1917-1995) — with the aim of supporting emerging

  Spivakovsky was one of the greats of twentieth-century violin playing, but the direction of his career and some of his unorthodox views on technique have

  Joachim was the dedicatee of the Bruch, Brahms, Schumann, and Dvorak Violin Concerti. He is also credited with the revival in popularity of Bach’s Solo Sonatas and