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About Jascha Heifetz
Joseph Ruvimovich Heifetz, commonly known as Jascha Heifetz, was a Russian and American violinist, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. Born in Vilna, he was soon recognized as a child prodigy and was trained in the Russian violin school in Saint Petersburg. Accompanying his parents to escape the violence of the Russian Revolution, he moved to the United States as a teenager, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. Fritz Kreisler, another leading violinist of the twentieth century, said after hearing Heifetz's debut, "We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees."
Everything about Jascha Heifetz →- Occupation
- music educator, violinist, teacher
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, United States
- Born
- February 2, 1901, January 20, 1901
- Died
- December 10, 1987, December 11, 1987
- Website
- http://www.jaschaheifetz.com