Joshua Epstein

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Joshua Epstein (* 14. November 1940 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli , in Germany acting violinist .

Life

Joshua Epstein began playing the violin at the age of eight as a student of Yariv Ezrahi . After graduating from high school and a short time at university (mathematics), he went to the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles to continue his studies , where he studied with Arthur Grumiaux , and later at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth (an institution for highly talented musicians) with André Gertler . In 1965 he won second prize at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki , and in 1968 first prize in the London Carl Flesch Competition ( City of London Competition ). Other prizes followed, such as in the Concours Musical Reine Elisabeth ( Brussels , 1967 & 1971) and Premio Paganini ( Genoa , 1965 & 1969).

Since then he has given concerts in many European cities as well as in the USA , Canada and Israel and has developed an extensive repertoire. In 1966 he followed his teacher André Gertler to Hanover and was a lecturer there until 1973. From 1974 to 1978 Joshua Epstein led a violin class at the University of Music in Würzburg . From 1978 until today he is professor for violin at the Hochschule für Musik Saar . He is also the artistic director of the International Summer Academy Schwetzingen-Worms . From 1972 to 1978 he was first violinist of the Bartholdy Quartet . Several LPs and CDs illustrate his art.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benjamin Ivry: Yaron Ezrahi: How Music Helped an Optimist Refrain from Pessimism. In: forward.com. January 31, 2019, accessed March 9, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ Jean Sibelius -Viulukilpailu 2015 | laureates. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 9, 2019 ; accessed on February 4, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sibeliuscompetition.fi
  3. ^ Concours Reine Elisabeth
  4. ↑ International Summer Academy Schwetzingen-Worms 2018
personal data
SURNAME Epstein, Joshua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli violinist and violin teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Tel Aviv