Demetrius Constantine Dounis

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Demetrius (Demetrios) Constantine Dounis (also: DC Dounis , Dimitri Constantine Dounis ; Δημήτριος Κωνσταντίνος Δούνης; * December 7, 1893 in Athens ; † August 13, 1954 ) was a Greek violinist and music teacher.

Dounis was a musical "child prodigy". He gave his first violin concerto at the age of seven and toured the USA as a mandolinist at the age of fourteen. He then studied music in Vienna, as well as neurology and psychiatry. During the First World War he served as a doctor in the Greek army. After the war he studied the physiological processes involved in playing the violin and cello. He became one of the most important violin teachers of the first half of the 20th century, developed an ergonomic method of string playing, which he called The Science of Expressive Technique , advised numerous orchestral violinists and cellists who had problems playing their instruments, and wrote several textbooks for violinists and violists.

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SURNAME Dounis, Demetrius Constantine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dounis, Demetrios Constantine; Dounis, Dimitri Constantine; Dounis, DC
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek violinist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1954