Frederick Grinke

Frederick Grinke (born August 8, 1911 in Winnipeg , † March 16, 1987 in Ipswich ) was a Canadian violinist and music teacher.

Grinke studied in Winnipeg with John Waterhouse and as a Dominion of Canada scholarship holder at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Rowsby Woof . He later continued his training with Adolf Busch in Switzerland and with Carl Flesch in Belgium and London. From 1930 to 1936 he was a member of the Kutcher String Quartet , from 1937 to 1947 concertmaster of the Boyd Neel Orchestra .

As a soloist, Grinke has performed in Europe, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, at proms and festivals etc. a. in Edinburgh and Salzburg. With the pianist Dorothy Manley he gave the world premiere of Hector Gratton's Quatrième Danse canadienne in London in 1935 , and in 1967 he was the soloist in a performance of Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra . Ralph Vaughan Williams dedicated his Sonata in A Minor to him . He was a guest on the program Distinguished Artists on the CBC radio and made numerous recordings.

From 1939 Grinke taught at the Royal Academy of Music , and from 1963 to 1966 at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Stoke D'Abernon. From 1965 to 1969 he was also a string coach with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada . At the request of Vaughn Williams, he played with David Martin Bach's double concerto at his funeral in 1958 . Even after his retirement in 1978 he continued to give violin lessons. In 1978 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire .

source

• Frederick Grinke ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .