Bronislaw Bullfinch
Bronisław Gimpel (born January 29, 1911 in Lemberg , † May 1, 1979 in Los Angeles ) was a Polish-American violinist and music professor. He was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary , part of Polish Galicia , (now Lviv , Ukraine ) to a Jewish family. Gimpel's older brother, Jakob Gimpel , was a well-known concert pianist who also recorded music for feature films.
Early career
Bronislaw Gimpel began taking piano and violin lessons with his father when he was five. At the age of eight he studied with Moritz Wolfstahl at the Lviv (since 1918 Lwów) Conservatory. After 1922 he continued his studies with Robert Pollack at the University of Vienna . At the age of fourteen he played Goldmark's violin concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic . A year later, an extensive concert tour in Italy led to a series of triumphs of historic magnitude, with appearances before King Victor Emmanuel III. and Pope Pius XI. and invitations to play Paganini's famous Guarneri violin and the legendary violinist's grave. Tours through South America and Europe followed. In 1930 he attended the University of the Arts in Berlin under the direction of Prof. Carl Flesch . He then continued his solo career while holding management positions in Königsberg and Gothenburg .
Emigrated to the United States
Gimpel, who was of Jewish descent, immigrated to the United States in 1937. The outbreak of war brought Gimpel to Los Angeles as concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra . After serving in the US Army from 1942 until the end of the war , he resumed his solo career in Europe, where he was again celebrated. From 1963 he was first violinist of the Warsaw Piano Quintet, to which Władysław Szpilman also belonged.
Chairs
From 1959 to 1960 Bronislaw Gimpel held master classes at the University of Music in Karlsruhe. In 1967 Gimpel accepted a professorship at the University of Connecticut . From 1973 he was a professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester . During this time he continued his solo concert appearances in Europe, the United States and South America.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Penguin Dictionary of Musical Performers , by Arthur Jacobs, Viking, 1990, ISBN 0-670-80755-9
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bullfinches, Bronislaw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-American violinist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1979 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |