Henryk szeryng fritz kreisler biography

These performances of Fritz Kreisler's Violin Works by violinist Henryk Szeryng and pianist Charles Reiner are outstanding hear it on XRCD2!

Henryk Bolesław Szeryng (22 September 1918 – 3 March 1988) was a Polish-Mexican violinist.!

Henryk Szeryng

Polish-Mexican violinist (1918–1988)

Henryk Bolesław Szeryng (usually pronounced HEN-r-ik SHEH-r-in-g) (22 September 1918 – 3 March 1988) was a Polish-Mexicanviolinist.

Early years

He was born in Warsaw[note 1], Poland on 22 September 1918[1] into a wealthy Jewish family. The surname "Szeryng" is a Polish transliteration of his Yiddish surname, which nowadays would be spelled "Shering" in the modern Yiddish-to-English transliteration.

Henryk Szeryng was a Polish-born Mexican violinist noted for his performances of the major repertory.

  • Henryk Szeryng was a Polish-born Mexican violinist noted for his performances of the major repertory.
  • Henryk Szeryng, born a century ago this year, belonged to an almost impossibly gifted generation of violinists that included such luminaries as Yehudi Menuhin.
  • Henryk Bolesław Szeryng (22 September 1918 – 3 March 1988) was a Polish-Mexican violinist.
  • The collection documents the life and career of violinist Henryk Szeryng (1918-1988) who was also known as a teacher, patron of the arts, and cultural.
  • / Henryk Szeryng, Fritz Kreisler.

    • Szeryng started piano and harmony lessons with his mother when he was 5, and at age 7 turned to the violin, receiving instruction from Maurice Frenkel. After studies with Carl Flesch in Berlin (1929–1932), he went to Paris to continue his studies with Jacques Thibaud at the Conservatory, graduating with a premier prix in 1937.

    Career

    He made his solo debut on 6 January 1933 playing the BrahmsViolin Concerto with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under Romanian conductor George Ge