Pearl Palmason

Gudrun Pearl Palmason (also: Pearl Gundrun Palmason ; Guðrún Pearl Pálmason ; born October 2, 1915 in Winnipeg ; † February 17, 2006 in Toronto ) was a Canadian violinist of Icelandic descent.

The daughter of Icelandic immigrants had her first violin lessons from her older sister Palmi Palmason . She then studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music as well as with Carl Flesch in London and Demetrius Constantine Dounis in New York and became a member, later concertmaster, of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . With this and the Hart House Orchestra , she also undertook international tours.

Palmason made her debut as a soloist in 1947 in the Town Hall of Toronto. She also founded her own string quartet, The Perla Quartet . In 1981 she left the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , but continued to play with the Toronto Opera Company and became concertmaster of the Oakville Symphony Orchestra . She was active as a violinist until a few months before her death. Christopher Valley Ban directed the 2001 documentary about her, Pearl - A Passion for the Fiddle , which was shown on Bravo TV Channel . Palmason first played a violin owned by the Russian violinist Alexander Chuhaldin , and later a violin from 1747 from the workshop of Gennaro Gagliano . Since her death as Palmason Januarius Gagliano violin in 1747 , she has been awarded to talented young musicians.

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SURNAME	Palmason, Pearl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Palmason, Gudrun Pearl; Palmason, Pearl Gundrun; Pálmason, Guðrún Pearl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian violinist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winnipeg
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 2006
Place of death	Toronto