Adolph Brodsky
Adolph Brodsky ( Адольф Давидович Бродский , Adolf Brodsky Davidovic ; born March 21 . Jul / 2. April 1851 greg. In Taganrog ; † 22. January 1929 in Manchester ) was a Russian- Jewish violinist and music teacher.
Life
Brodsky, whose father and grandfather were amateur musicians, had violin lessons in his hometown from the age of four and appeared in public for the first time in Odessa when he was nine . He then studied violin with Josef Hellmesberger at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna and was second violinist in his string quartet from 1868–69 . He also became a member of the Vienna Court Orchestra.
From 1870 Brodsky undertook several concert tours through Russia and in 1873 went to Moscow, where he studied at the Conservatory with Ferdinand Laub . In 1875 he succeeded him as violin professor. He made music history on a concert tour through Europe when he took over the solo part in the world premiere of Tchaikovsky's now world-famous violin concerto in Vienna in 1881 . Its original dedicatee, Leopold Auer , had rejected the concert as unplayable.
From 1883 to 1891 Brodsky taught at the Leipzig Conservatory . He was concertmaster at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra . Here he founded the internationally renowned Brodsky String Quartet with Ottokar Nováček , Hans Sitt and Julius Klengel . In 1891 he went to America to teach at the Scharwenka Conservatory of Music in New York . At the same time he was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Walter Damrosch .
In 1895 Brodsky went to Manchester and worked as concertmaster with the Hallé Orchestra until 1896 . In 1896 he succeeded Hallé as director of the Royal Manchester College of Music , a position he held until his death in 1929.
Web links
- Papers of Adolph Brodsky, violinist and Principal of the Royal Manchester College of Music; Held at: Royal Northern College of Music
- Photo Adolf Brodsky 1909 with colleagues at the RMCM
Individual evidence
- ^ Claudius Böhm, The Gewandhaus Quartet and Chamber Music at the Leipzig Gewandhaus since 1808, Altenburg 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brodsky, Adolph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Бродский, Адольф Давидович (Russian); Brodsky, Adolph Davidowitsch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taganrog |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1929 |
| Place of death | Manchester |