Wassili Wassiljewitsch Besekirski
Vasily Besekirski ( Russian Василий Васильевич Безекирский even Vasily Besekirsky and Wilhelm Besekirsky ; born January 14 . Jul / 26. January 1835 greg. In Moscow , † 8. November 1919 ) was a Russian violinist , composer , conductor and music educator .
Life
The son of a Moscow piano maker received his musical training in the city of his birth. In 1850, at the age of fifteen, he was employed by the first violins in the opera orchestra of the Imperial Moscow Opera House . In 1858 he went to Brussels to study with Hubert Léonard for two years . He then completed successful concert tours throughout Western Europe. In 1868 he also played as a soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra . It was not until 1882 that he finally returned to his hometown to take up the position of concertmaster at the Moscow Opera. In 1890 he gave up this position to become a professor at the Moscow Conservatory .
The composer Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote in his diary on June 25, 1862: “In the evening at a concert where the piano player Peschl u. the very good violinist Besekirsky played. ” Besekirsky also composed violin concertos, which he played at his own concerts. In 1870 he bought a Stradivari from 1708 for 2,000 thalers , which was previously owned by a family from Elberfeld . Besekirsky drove to the city of Elberfeld especially for this purchase. In the same year the specialist newspaper Die Tonhalle wrote : Besekirsky “is currently one of the best among the younger violin players” .
In 1885 the city awarded him Bad Kissingen her honorary citizenship . The reason for this may have been his multiple spa stays.
Besekirski had a son of the same name (* 1879) who also became a violin virtuoso.
literature
- Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski, Waldemar von Wasielewski (ed.): The violin and its masters , Breitkopf & Härtel publishing house, 1920, page 577, excerpt
- IM Yampol′sky: Bezekirsky, Vasily Vasil′yevich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Wassili Wassiljewitsch Besekirski in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Sabine Henze-Döhring: Giacomo Meyerbeer . Correspondence and Diaries, Berlin, New York 2006, page 379 digitized
- ^ Concert review in: Allgemeine Musikische Zeitung , 1868, No. 50, page 399 digitized
- ↑ The Tonhalle . Organ for music lovers, 1870, page 499 digitized
- ↑ The Tonhalle . Organ for music lovers, 1870, No. 14 digitized
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Besekirski, Wassili Wassiljewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Besekirsky, Wassili; Besekirsky, Wilhelm; Безекирский, Василий Васильевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1919 |
| Place of death | Moscow |