Viola Mitchell
Viola Mitchell Fearnside (born July 11, 1911 in Pittsburgh , † October 6, 2002 in Pinehurst / North Carolina ) was an American violinist.
Mitchell began her musical career as a child star. She had lessons with Margaret Horn , a student of Joseph Joachim and Leopold von Auer , and at the age of ten had already given concerts with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra . From 1926 to 1929 she lived in Brussels and studied with Eugene Ysaye . In 1927 she made her first appearance in Europe in front of the Belgian Queen Elisabeth .
In the following years she gave concerts in Germany, England, France, Belgium, Italy, Holland and Switzerland before returning to the USA in 1932. She worked there with the major symphony orchestras in the country, made her debut at Carnegie Hall with the pianist André Benoist and performed in the White House before President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor . In 1959 an illness ended her musical career. She then lived in Belgium with her husband, the engineer George Fearnside , until 1974, then in Southern Pines.
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- Pittsburgh Tribune Review, October 11, 2002: Obituary Viola (Mitchell) Fearnside
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitchell, viola |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fearnside, Viola Mitchell (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 2002 |
| Place of death | Pinehurst , North Carolina |