Mischa Elman plays Schubert Serenade

Elman plays so beautifully. He literally brings tears to my eyes every time I hear him play. To me, he is everything a great musician should be.

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Music

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• classical
• violin
• music
• Mischa
• Elman
• Schubert
• Serenade

[Oistrakhfollower]

"Oistrakh? Well... not bad. But Heifetz is still better than him lol"-Mischa Elman

"Heifetz will never play like me... I am the only one can play perfectly" - Mischa Elman

Hey, Elman, listen to me.

Heifetz is better than you. Oistrakh is way better than you.

What a crazy old timer

[aimson]

@Oistrakhfollower Hah, at one point in his career, he was right. Elman was the greatest of his generation and regarded as a top player along with Kreisler and a few others. Unfortunately, then came Heifetz, who just rocked Elman's world. The whole world, in fact. Elman remained (and still remains) one of the few greatest violinists to touch a block of wood and I put him on the same level of genius as Enescu or Oistrakh. In Elman's idiosyncratic way, quite easily, too.

[gluejay]

With this tune (music) I could fall in love with anyone beside me!!

[Chuckles543]

That's not what they're saying at all. Bach's genius is his self's, but the genius was enabled by society; if he was born today, he would not have composed. Rather, he would be playing video games and watching TV.

[HedoNNN]

@Chuckles543 Not sure, there still are genius, but they express in ways you may haven't checked yet.

[MrGer2295]

Mikhail [originally Moses or Moishe] (Mischa) Saulovich Elman - (January 20, 1891, Talnoye, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire – April 5, 1967), New York, United States) was a Russian violinist, famed for his passionate style and beautiful tone.

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[MrGer2295]

Elman was born in the small town of Talnoye near Kiev, modern-day Talne, Ukraine. His grandfather was a klezmer, a Jewish folk musician, who also played the violin.

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[MrGer2295]

It became apparent when Mischa was very young that he had perfect pitch, but his father hesitated about a career as a musician, since musicians were not very high on the social scale. He finally gave in, and gave Mischa a miniature violin, on which he soon learned several tunes by himself.

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[MrGer2295]

Soon thereafter, he was taken to Odessa, where he studied at the Imperial Academy of Music. Pablo de Sarasate gave him a recommendation, stating that he could become one of the great talents of Europe. He auditioned for Leopold Auer at the age of 11, playing the Wieniawski Concerto No. 2 and 24th Caprice by Paganini. Auer was so impressed that he had Elman admitted to the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

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[MrGer2295]

Elman was still only a boy when Auer arranged for him to play with the famous Colonne Orchestra during their visit to Pavlovsk. Knowing Édouard Colonne's hatred of child prodigies, Auer did not tell him Elman's age when making the arrangements, and not until the famous conductor saw young Mischa waiting to go on the platform did he realize that he had engaged a child.

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[MrGer2295]

He was furious, and flatly refused to continue with the programme. Frantic attempts were made to assure him that Elman had the recommendation of Auer himself and was well capable of doing justice to the music, but Colonne was adamant, " I have never yet played with a child, and I refuse to start now," he retorted. So Elman had to play with piano accompaniment while conductor and orchestra sat listening.

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[MrGer2295]

In 1903, Elman began to play concerts in the homes of wealthy patrons of the arts, and he made his Berlin debut in 1904, creating a great sensation. His London debut in 1905 included the British premiere of Alexander Glazunov's Violin Concerto in A minor. He played in Carnegie Hall in 1908, making a great impression on his American audience. He toured Australia in 1914.

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[MrGer2295]

The Elman family moved to the United States, and Mischa became a citizen in 1923. In 1917, he was elected to honorary membership in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity. He sometimes performed in as many as 107 concerts in a 29-week season. In 1943, he gave the premiere of Bohuslav Martinů's second concerto, which was written for him. Sales of his records exceeded two million.

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[MrGer2295]

A frequent accompanist in chamber works during Elman's early American career was Emmanuel Bay, who was born on exactly the same day as he was, January 20, 1891. But Elman also performed and recorded with Josef Bonime, Carroll Hollister and others, and from 1950, his steady accompanist and recital partner was Joseph Seiger. He also briefly performed and made recordings with the Mischa Elman String Quartet.

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[MrGer2295]

Elman died on April 5, 1967 in New York City, a few hours after completing a rehearsal with Seiger. He is buried in the Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

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[MrGer2295]

Thereafter, he recorded for Decca/London and later the Vanguard label. Regrettably, Elman's discs have never been reissued on CD in a systematic manner (whereas almost every recording which his contemporary Jascha Heifetz made has been readily available on CD for years).

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[CknSalad]

elman is probably one of the more underrated violinists. he has a nice romantic, clean sound in his playing.

[LordMgls]

@aimson I don't see the point of calling simple instrument players genius. Wtf is a genius? Perhaps revolutionary composers like Wagner, who worked hard to produce incredibly original and modern masterpieces, by means of creating brand new techniques? But why the hell a violinist? He just played perfectly, and kept using the technique that was most suitable to him - which which was a natural ability he had. Where is the genius?? Come on, don't confuse genius with talent!! No offense, dude...

[knubir]

@Oistrakhfollower

Well this is a silly discusion!! They are all different and each of them had a special quality. Perfection is not always creating deep emotions. Yes Heifez was brilliant. Even "perfect". But. The perception of a performance or an interpretation will always be individual. Listen to Arthur Grumiaux Mozart violine concerts in special no 3. In the modern world some of us miss old charming caracters like Mischa and Fritz Kreisler.

[politicopol]

@paulostroff99 ...not to forget...Boris Goldstein...Josh baby...Ida Haendel...Sarah Chang :)

[Aqene1000]

my 93 year old mother in law just got me into this !

What a Gem ,

[ichbinschon24]

@aimson

Well, Kogan and Oistrach were Jewish too.

[paulostroff99]

Awesome! TY.

[paulostroff99]

@aimson-Did you ever hear of Auer or Joachim-just to name but two others.There were many others.

[paulostroff99]

@aimson -So were Oistrakh and Kogan Jewish,as were Menuhin,Seidel,Elman,Shaham,Ra­bin,Stern,Szeryng,Hassid,Perlm­an,,Zuckerman,Hirshhorn,Menuhi­n,and scores of others.

[dqgoldin]

@vicecitymayor And what did you think of the one by Stanislav Antonevich?

[65attila]

His tone is cello-like and the style is so beautifully song - like.