Yevgeny Franzewitsch Witatschek

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Yevgeny Franzevich Witatschek ( Russian Евгений Францевич Витачек , maiden name Jindřich Evžen Vitáček * 29. April 1880 in Sklenařice (Glaser village) in Vysoké nad Jizerou , †  16th February 1946 in Moscow ) was a Czech - Russian violin maker .

Life

Witatschek came from an old family of violin makers. As a five year old he came to Kiev to his uncle František Špidlen (1867-1916) and learned and worked in his workshop. In 1898 he went to Moscow and started his own business. In 1900 he took Russian citizenship and was baptized Russian Orthodox .

In 1905 Witatschek returned to Špidlen's workshop. In 1907 he developed his own violin model , which he then built many times over. His instruments followed the Bohemian tradition taking into account the Italian , German and Austrian experiences. When Špidlen returned to Bohemia in 1909, Witatschek took over the workshop. In 1913 at the All-Russian Competition of the Society of Friends of Music, Witatschek received a medal and two prizes. Many famous violinists played on his instruments , such as Boris Sibor , Jan Kubelík and Eugène Ysaÿe .

After the October Revolution , Witatschek and others founded the first state violin making school in 1918 and worked there as a teacher. In 1919 he and others organized the State Collection of Old String Instruments , which he remained in charge of until his death. 1924-1931 he was a member of the instrument section of the State Institute for Musicology . In 1926 he received the first prizes for violin and viola at the first All-Russian competition exhibition for string instruments . In 1930 he became head of the experimental laboratory for string instruments and in 1932 artistic director of the string instrument workshop at the Moscow Conservatory . He also gave a lecture on string instruments there .

Yevgeny Franzewitsch Witatschek's grave in the Vvedenskoye cemetery in Lefortowo

Witatschek was married to the violinist Jelisaweta Fabianowna Gnessina , one of the five Genessina sisters. Her son Fabi Evgenjewitsch Witatschek (1910–1983) became a composer and music teacher . Witatschek's grave is located in Moscow's Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Lefortovo . The restoration workshop of the Moscow Conservatory bears his name. Witatschek's life and work is the subject of a novel by the Czech writer M. Kot'átková.

Honors

  • Honored Master of the Republic (1924)
  • Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1932)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Article Witatschek Jewgeni Franzewitsch in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D037448~2a%3DWitatschek%20Jewgeni%20Franzewitsch~2b%3DWitatschek%20Jewgeni%20Franzewitsch
  2. ↑ Frantisek Špidlen (1867-1916) . accessed on July 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c Миронова Н. А. (Ed.): Московская консерватория: От истоков до наших дней. 1866-2003 . Прогресс-Традиция, 2005, ISBN 5-89826-232-6 , pp. 102-103 .
  4. ↑ a b Витачек, Евгений Францевич. In: SO Schmidt (ed.): Энциклопедия Москва . Большая Российская энциклопедия, Moscow 1997.
personal data
SURNAME Witatschek, Yevgeny Franzewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vitáček, Jindřich Evžen (maiden name); Витачек, Евгений Францевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech-Russian violin maker
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Sklenařice (Glaserdorf) near Vysoké nad Jizerou
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1946
Place of death Moscow