Gerhard Kander
Gerhard Kander (born August 27, 1921 in Mannheim ; † January 1, 2008 in Jamaica ) was a Canadian violinist of German origin.
Kander emigrated to England in 1939 and came to Toronto in 1940, where he was adopted by a family of lawyers. He was a student of Carl Flesch and Adolf Busch and studied in Canada with Kathleen Parlow and Naoum Blinder . He has appeared as a soloist with the Toronto, Quebec and Vancouver symphony orchestras in Canada and in the USA with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under Pierre Monteux , the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Dimitri Mitropoulos and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra under Rudolph Ringwall . He ended his musical career in the late 1940s.
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- German Music in Canada ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index - 2008 Obituary
- Claude Torres - Mes Musiques régénérées - Gerhard Kander
- The Montreal Gazette, May 20, 1944 - Toronto Critics Praise Playing Of Gerhard Kander in Recital
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| SURNAME | Kander, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2008 |
| Place of death | Jamaica |