Shony Alex Brown
Shony Alex Brown (born on 14. July 1924 as Sándor Braun in Cristuru Secuiesc , Romania , died on 4. October 2002 in Los Angeles , United States was) a Romanian-born, naturalized US later musicians ( violinist and composer ) and occasional actor.
Life
Braun, who came from the Hungarian minority in Romania, was considered a musical child prodigy . He learned to play the violin at the age of five and made his professional debut on the Bucharest radio station at the age of ten . Just one year later he presented his first own composition, after which he was given a scholarship at the Budapest Academy of Music. When the deportations also extended to the Balkans, Sándor Braun was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in May 1944 , a few months later he was transferred to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp and at the beginning of 1945 to Dachau , where he was used to entertain the SS watchmen on the Had to play the violin.
After his liberation in the spring of the same year, Braun continued his artistic training at the Salzburg Mozarteum . In 1950 he emigrated to the USA. Here Braun made a name for himself as a classical composer and violinist, his work Symphony of the Holocaust for violin and orchestra was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1994. In addition, Shony Alex Braun has made guest appearances as a violinist on television series such as Perry Mason , Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Thoughtful Tales over the decades . In the film 68 , in which the life of a Hungarian emigrant family in San Francisco in 1968 is portrayed, Braun took on a regular speaking role in 1988.
Shony Alex Braun died of pneumonia at the age of 78.
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 383.
Web links
- Shony Alex Brown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Shony Alex Brown Interview
- Obituary in the Los Angeles Times
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numerous sources mention the years 1930 and 1932, but the gravestone inscription clearly states 1924.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Shony Alex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braun, Sándor (maiden name); Braun, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian-American violinist, composer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cristuru Secuiesc , Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 2002 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , United States |