Hyman Bress
Hyman Bress (born June 30, 1931 in Cape Town , † October 30, 1995 in Montreal ) was a Canadian violinist and composer of South African origin.
Bress had his first violin lessons from his father and made his debut at the age of nine with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Cape Town (now the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra ). From 1946 to 1951 he studied with Ivan Galamian at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia , after which he went to Montreal, where he gave concerts and appeared on the CBC radio . With Mildred Goodman , Otto and Walter Joachim he founded the (third) Toronto String Quartet in 1955 , of which he was principal violinist until 1963. In the 1958–59 season he was also concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra . In the following years he performed with large symphony orchestras in Canada, the USA and Europe, toured the Soviet Union (1966) and the Far East (1973) until he retired in the 1980s.
Bress played the world premieres of Otto Joachim's Concertante No. 1 (1957), Kelsey Jones ' Introduction and Fugue (1959), Violet Archers Concerto (1960) and Udo Kasemets ' Concerto . In 1962 he recorded his own fantasy for violin, piano and tape. His recordings of the violin concertos by Joseph Joachim and Ernest Bloch also became famous .
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- Hyman Bress ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Prone to violins - Hyman Bress (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ CPO: More about the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra . at www.cpo.org.za (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bress, Hyman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Town |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1995 |
| Place of death | Montreal |