Philippe Hirschhorn

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Birth Date:
11.06.1946
Death date:
26.11.1996
Burial date:
30.11.1996
Length of life:
50
Days since birth:
28416
Years since birth:
77
Days since death:
9984
Years since death:
27
Extra names:
Filips Hiršhorns, Filips Hirshorns, Philippe Hirschhorn, Филипп Хиршхорн, Hiršhorns, Филипп Хиршхорн
Categories:
Born in Latvia, Related to Latvia, Violinist,fiddler
Nationality:
 jew
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Philippe Hirschhorn (11 June 1946, Riga – 26 November 1996, Brussels) was a violinist.

He won the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in 1967.

Born in Riga, Latvia, he first studied at Darsin music school in Riga with Prof. Waldemar Sturestep, later he studied with prof Michael Waiman at the Conservatoire of St. Petersburg (Then still called Leningrad).

He played concerts all over the world (Europe, America and Japan) with the most prestigious orchestras conducted by amongst others Herbert von Karajan, Uri Segal, Eugene Ormandy, Yury Temirkanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Gary Bertini, Ronald Zollman.

He played together with Elisabeth Leonskaya, Martha Argerich, James Tocco, Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, Frederic Meinders, Hans Mannes, Brigitte Engerer etc. The rare recordings that exist of him playing are examples of his technical and musical abilities.

He was the teacher of many excellent violinists who dedicated their working life to performing and teaching, among others Philippe Graffin, David Grimal, Cornelia Angerhofer, Janine Jansen, Yoris Jarzynski, Marie-Pierre Vendôme and many others.

Source: wikipedia.org, news.lv

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