David Nadien
David W. Nadien (born March 12, 1926 in New York City , † May 28, 2014 there ) was an American violinist.
Life
Nadien was born in Brooklyn , NYC in 1926 . He studied at Mannes College of Music and went to Italy with Adolfo Betti in 1938, and returned when the war broke out in 1939. He studied with Ivan Galamian and Adolf Busch . In 1940 he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic . In 1944 he became a soldier in World War II and was first an infantryman and then concertmaster with the Armed Services Orchestra. In 1946 he won the Leventritt Award with the help of George Szell . Under Leonard Bernstein he was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from 1966 to 1970 . By 1971 he appeared in this orchestra more than thirty times under various conductors as a soloist. Nadien also worked with other North American orchestras.
The violinists David Oistrach and Yehudi Menuhin conferred with him.
Nadien also worked as a studio musician and played in the orchestra on recordings by Freddie Hubbard , Billy Joel and Eumir Deodato . He worked as a violin teacher at the Mannes College of Music. He became known for his recordings of parts 1 to 4 of the Suzuki method .
Nadien played a Guarneri del Gesù .
Recordings (selection)
- Humoresque: and the world's most popular violin solos . KAPP Records, New York 1963
- Camille Saint-Saëns : Danse macabre, op.40 . Leonard Bernstein; New York Philharmonic. Columbia Records, New York 1968
Web links
- Literature by and about David Nadien in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- David Nadien in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Historical recordings: With the violinist David Nadien ( Memento from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), at WDR3 , Klassik Forum, June 14, 2013
- Gary Lemco: David Nadien: The Legendary Violinist , review of the recording and interview with Mordecai Shehori . November 18, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vivien Schweitzer: David Nadien, Philharmonic Concertmaster, Is Dead at 88. In: The New York Times, June 8, 2014 (English, accessed June 9, 2014).
- ↑ Former New York Philharmonic concertmaster David Nadien has died aged 88. ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Strad of May 29, 2014 (accessed June 9, 2014).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nadien, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nadien, David W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 2014 |
| Place of death | New York City |