Ivry Gitlis, born in Haifa, Israel in 1922, began playing the violin at a very young age, giving his first concert at seven.
Performer Biography
Ivry Gitlis is described as a great humanist, open to all music, with an innate sense of improvisation, and dedicated to making music accessible to the underprivileged.
Performer Biography
Ivry Gitlis fled to England in 1940 due to the rise of Nazism and antisemitism, working in an arms factory and playing for troops.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The concertos by Henryk Wieniawski, a Polish contemporary of Saint-Saëns, aim to showcase the soloist's virtuosity through an accumulation of technical difficulties, similar to Paganini's works.
Performer Biography
Ivry Gitlis founded the Vence Festival in 1972, where artists of all musical genres interacted with a young audience under the stars of Provence.
Recording & Production
Ivry Gitlis's recording of Paganini's 24 Caprices for solo violin in 1976 was held in archives for over thirty years because he was not satisfied with it.
