SAD NEWS | American Violinist & Conductor Anshel Brusilow Has Died - Aged 89 [RIP]

Acclaimed American violinist, conductor and pedagogue, Mr Anshel Brusilow has passed away - aged 89

Acclaimed American violinist, conductor and pedagogue, Mr Anshel Brusilow has passed away - aged 89.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Mr Brusilow was a former Concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra, under George Szell - and The Philadelphia Orchestra, under Eugene Ormandy.

He later served as Principal Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra – and held a long term teaching professorship on faculty at the University of North Texas.

Mr Brusilow was also a founding member of the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia.

Our condolences are with his family, friends, colleagues and students.

ANSHEL BRUSILOW | VIVALDI | 'SPRING' FROM 'THE FOUR SEASONS' | EUGENE ORMANDY & PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA | 1959

Shoot the Conductor: Too Close to Monteux, Szell, and Ormandy |BOOK|

Anshel Brusilow & Robin Underdahl, Coauthors

Reprint Edition Release: July 22, 2016

University of North Texas Press

Rimsky-Korsakov: Essential Classics

Anshel Brusilow, Concertmaster

Eugene Ormandy & Philadelphia Orchestra

Release Date: August 6, 2002

Sony Classical