Today is French Violinist & Pedagogue Pierre Amoyal's Birthday!

Today is French violinist and pedagogue Pierre Amoyal’s 75th birthday!

A student of Jascha Heifetz, Mr Amoyal is a former prize winner at the Paganini and Enescu International Violin Competitions. He currently serves as director of the Conservatory of Lausanne.

Amoyal owns one of the world’s most famous violins, the 1717 ‘Kochansky’ Stradivarius, which was miraculously found in 1991 after being stolen in 1987.

He currently holds a distinguished teaching Professorship at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg - and serves on the jury of a number of prominent international competitions.

His famed students include VC Artist Fedor Rudin and Luke Hsu.

PIERRE AMOYAL & EDOARDO MARIA STRABBIOLI | FRANCK VIOLIN SONATA | 2001