French violin virtuoso Ginette Neveu died on this day in 1949 – aged just 30.
A student of Jules Boucherit, George Enescu and Carl Flesch, Ginette achieved worldwide fame at age 15 when we won the Wieniawski International Violin Competition – outplacing 27 year old David Oistrakh.
She and her brother Jean-Paul died when their Air France flight crashed into a mountain in the Azores.
Legend has it that Ginette’s body was found still clutching her Stradivarius in her arms.
GINETTE NEVEU | CHAUSSON | POEME | CHARLES MUNCH & PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA | 1946
Beethoven & Brahms Violin Concertos |2CDS|
Ginette Neveu
Roger Désormière, Conductor
Hans Rosbaud, Conductor
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Naxos
