Pearl Palmason
Gudrun Pearl Palmason (also: Pearl Gundrun Palmason ; Guðrún Pearl Pálmason ; born October 2, 1915 in Winnipeg ; † February 17, 2006 in Toronto ) was a Canadian violinist of Icelandic descent.
The daughter of Icelandic immigrants had her first violin lessons from her older sister Palmi Palmason . She then studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music as well as with Carl Flesch in London and Demetrius Constantine Dounis in New York and became a member, later concertmaster, of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . With this and the Hart House Orchestra , she also undertook international tours.
Palmason made her debut as a soloist in 1947 in the Town Hall of Toronto. She also founded her own string quartet, The Perla Quartet . In 1981 she left the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , but continued to play with the Toronto Opera Company and became concertmaster of the Oakville Symphony Orchestra . She was active as a violinist until a few months before her death. Christopher Valley Ban directed the 2001 documentary about her, Pearl - A Passion for the Fiddle , which was shown on Bravo TV Channel . Palmason first played a violin owned by the Russian violinist Alexander Chuhaldin , and later a violin from 1747 from the workshop of Gennaro Gagliano . Since her death as Palmason Januarius Gagliano violin in 1747 , she has been awarded to talented young musicians.
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- ObitTree - Pearl Palmason
- University of Manitoba - Canadian Review of Materials - Pearl - A Passion for the Fiddle.
- Íslenskur Músík- & Ménningararfur - Pearl Pálmason
- Pearl Palmason in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Palmason, Pearl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Palmason, Gudrun Pearl; Palmason, Pearl Gundrun; Pálmason, Guðrún Pearl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian violinist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg |
DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 2006 |
Place of death | Toronto |