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Phone: 212-860-5541 * Fax: 917-677-8247
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Price: $125.00 |
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MINT CONDITION |
ROBERT VIROVAI - VIOLINIST |
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Autographed and inscribed 8” x 10” photograph of the great Yugoslav-Hungarian violinist, 1940. Born in 1921, Virovai was a child prodigy, initially studying with his mother. He entered the Budapest Conservatory at an early age and studied with Jeno Hubay. Hubay one of the greatest violinists of the late 19th and 20th Centuries, as well as one of the legendary teachers of his generation though Virovai the best of all his pupils. He was quoted as saying, “Young Virovai plays so beautifully it even astonishes me!” In 1937, in its’ first year, Virovai was named laureate du Concours International Eugčne Ysa˙e, a competition founded by the Queen of Belgium.. Virovai made his U.S. debut on 3 November, 1938 with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. Our photograph is dedicated in Minneapolis two years after his important U.S. debut. |
