Violinist & Pedagogue Jascha Brodsky Died On This Day in 1997 [ON-THIS-DAY]

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