Legendary Russian-American violinist and pedagogue Jascha Brodsky died on this day in 1997 – aged 89.
A student of Lucien Capet, Eugène Ysaÿe and Efrem Zimbalist, Mr Brodsky is remembered as one of the most influential violin pedagogues of the 20th Century.
He held a senior teaching position at the Curtis Institute of Music for over 65 years – his famed protégés included Hilary Hahn, Leila Josefowicz, Joey Corpus and Judith Ingolfsson.
CURTIS STRING QUARTET | SCHUMANN STRING QUARTET NO. 1 | JASCHA BRODSKY, LOUIS BERMAN, MAX ARONOFF & ORLANDO COLE
