Violinist & Composer Eugène Ysaÿe Was Born On This Day in 1858 [ON-THIS-DAY]

Belgian violin virtuoso, composer and celebrated pedagogue Eugène Ysaÿe was born on this day in 1858.

Legendary pedagogue Carl Flesch once described him as “the most outstanding and individual violinist I have ever heard in my life”.

Ysaÿe’s famed students included virtuosi Josef Gingold, Nathan Milstein, William Primrose, Louis Persinger, Jascha Brodsky and Oscar Shumsky.

MAXIM VENGEROV | EUGÈNE YSAŸE  | SOLO VIOLIN SONATA NO. 3 ‘BALLADE’