Jascha Heifetz performed for Allied troops in Europe during World War II, often including jazz and his own arrangements of songs by George Gershwin and Stephen Foster.
Performer Biography
Benjamin Schmid, the violinist on this recording, made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 1986 with Sir Yehudi Menuhin and won the Carl Flesch Competition in London in 1992.
Composition History
Jascha Heifetz commissioned William Walton's Violin Concerto in 1936 and was instrumental in the success of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Violin Concerto, originally for Bronisław Huberman.
Performer Biography
Jascha Heifetz, one of the greatest violin virtuosos of the 20th century, emigrated to the USA in 1917 at age sixteen and debuted in New York's Carnegie Hall that same year.
Performer Biography
Jascha Heifetz's teacher at the St. Petersburg Conservatory was the legendary Leopold Auer, who also taught Efrem Zimbalist and Mischa Elman.
Performer Biography
Jascha Heifetz was known for his curiosity for musical and technical novelty, becoming a central violinist for North American composers and one of the most active in radio and television broadcasts.
Performer Biography
Jascha Heifetz was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1901 to Russian-Jewish parents, and received his first violin at age two, regular lessons at four, and his concert debut at seven.
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