Oscar Shumsky

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Oscar Shumsky was a distinguished 20th-century American violinist and pedagogue renowned for his refined technique, rich tone, and influential teaching career.

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instanceOf human
music pedagogue
violinist
centuryOfActivity 20th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-03-23
dateOfDeath 2000-07-24
educatedAt Curtis Institute of Music NERFINISHED
era 20th-century classical music
familyName Shumsky NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork music education
violin performance
genre classical music
givenName Oscar NERFINISHED
hasStudent Cho-Liang Lin NERFINISHED
Eugene Fodor NERFINISHED
Kyung Wha Chung NERFINISHED
Shmuel Ashkenasi NERFINISHED
instrument violin
knownFor chamber music performances
interpretations of J. S. Bach
languageSpoken English
memberOf Bach Aria Group NERFINISHED
Primrose Quartet NERFINISHED
name Oscar Shumsky NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor influential teaching career
refined violin technique
rich violin tone
occupation conductor
music teacher
violinist
placeOfBirth Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Philadelphia NERFINISHED
United States of America
placeOfDeath New York NERFINISHED
United States of America
recordedWork J. S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin NERFINISHED
violin concertos by Johannes Brahms
violin concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED
violin concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
residence New York NERFINISHED
studentOf Efrem Zimbalist NERFINISHED
Leopold Auer NERFINISHED
style Romantic violin tradition
lyrical phrasing
taughtAt Curtis Institute of Music NERFINISHED
Juilliard School NERFINISHED
Yale School of Music NERFINISHED

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Efrem Zimbalist notableStudent Oscar Shumsky
Ida Kavafian studiedUnder Oscar Shumsky