biography
pronunciation:
[hiyfets]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1901–87)
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| biography:
| Violinist, born in Vilnius, E Lithuania. The son of a violinist, he began playing at age three, entered music school the next year, and made his first public appearance at age five. After completing his studies and establishing his reputation in Europe and Russia, he made a triumphant American debut at Carnegie Hall in 1917. Remaining in the country, he became a US citizen in 1925 and bought houses in Connecticut and California. For the rest of his long career his playing made him generally considered the greatest violinist of his time as well as one of the most popular. In the 1950s he gradually reduced his public appearances but continued to play and record into the 1970s, meanwhile teaching at the University of Southern California. |
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