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Roman Totenberg
violinist
- From
- Łódź, United States
- Active
- 1911–2012
- Releases
- 0
About
Roman Totenberg (January 1, 1911 – May 8, 2012) was a Polish-American violinist and educator. A child prodigy, he lived in Poland, Moscow, Berlin, and Paris, before formally immigrating to the U.S. in 1938, at age 27. He performed and taught nationally and internationally throughout his life.
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One of Totenberg's favorite instruments was the Ames Stradivarius, which was stolen from his office in the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after a concert in May 1980. The instrument was recovered and returned to Totenberg's daughters on August 6, 2015.
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Alma Trio violin
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Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- bace8176-a070-41c7-a0d9-1d8c0c8d233f
- ISNI
- 0000000114736076
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