American Violinist Oscar Shumsky Died On This Day in 2000 [ON-THIS-DAY]

American violinist, pedagogue and conductor Oscar Shumsky died on this day in 2000 – aged 83.

Mr Shumsky served distinguished teaching positions on faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music, Peabody Conservatory, Yale University and The Juilliard School.

For much of his career he concertized on the 1715 Ex-Pierre Rode Stradivarius.

 

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