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Phone: 212-860-5541 * Fax: 917-677-8247
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Price: $250.00 |
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NEAR MINT CONDITION |
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Superb autographed and inscribed 8” x 10” photograph of the Austrian-American violinist. We have not previously encountered a full-length autographed image of Morini. Erica Morini, born in Vienna in 1904, studied with her Father Oscar who ran a conservatory in the City. She then went to study with Otokar Ševčik at the Vienna Hoschule für Musik. She caused a sensation making her 1918 debut at the age of 12 with the Gewandhaus orchestra under Artur Nikisch. Her American debut came in 1921 and she quickly became one of the star violinists of the period, transversing the Continent to great acclaim and was a great favorite of the major symphony orchestras. She returned to Europe and concertized extensively until the Anschluss, where as a Jew, she was forced to leave Austria. She became a U.S. citizen in 1943 and settled in New York. One of the very finest violinists of the 20th Century, Harold Schonberg labeled her in a review, “The greatest female violinist of all time” which infuriated her, as she did not wished to be labeled by her gender. Her “Davidoff Stradivarius” violin was stolen at the time of her death. |
ERICA MORINI - VIOLINIST |
