Julius Thornberg
Julius Carl Ferdinand Thornberg (born August 13, 1883 in Helsingør ; died September 7, 1945 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish violinist.
Thornberg was the son of a cabinet maker, trained violinist and was admitted to the Royal Orchestra at the age of 16. In 1905 he traveled to Warsaw to work as Kapellmeister of the National Philharmonic (Warsaw) , then played as concertmaster in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam . Then in 1910 concertmaster with the Berliner Philharmoniker , but gave up this position when the First World War broke out in 1914. In 1916 he returned to Denmark. Thornberg still appeared frequently as a soloist on the great European concert stages, for example in 1922 with the Vienna Philharmonic . In 1923 he began to play again in the Royal Orchestra and in 1930 was appointed concertmaster. He played the world premieres of the violin concertos by Hakon Børresen and Louis Glass , of which he is the dedicatee.
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| SURNAME | Thornberg, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thornberg, Julius Carl Ferdinand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elsinore |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1945 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |