Franz von Vecsey plays Carmen fantasia

Franz von Vecsey (1893-1935)
Recorded London, 15 July 1904 (so 11 years old here!)
Carmen Fantasia, Op.3 N°3, parts 1 and 2 (arr. Hubay)
Born Budapest; full name Baron Ferenc de Vecsey de Böröllyö et de Izfâga. Pupil of Hubay, privately and at Budapest Conservatory. Made special study of the works of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms (no doubt under Joachims influence). Debuts in Berlin 1903, London 1904, New York 1905. Lessons from Leopold Auer on Joachims recommendation. Dedicatee of Sibelius Concerto. Toured extensively before World War I but was badly affected by war service. Still popular in 1920s and toured US again, then settled in Italy and reduced his concert schedule. Died of embolism after minor operation.

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[Noshirm]

Many thanks to pianopera for sending this on. Thanks to him I have learned about this genius of a violinist! (:-o)

[alexnovrus]

Блестящее исполнение!Ни один из современных "великих" не сможет сыграть так легко и без натуги.

[quijote091]

Melekeenkö Jatsia!

[2ndviolinist]

Ridiculous at any age. The old guys make today's players sound like beginners, maybe intermediate level on good days.

[tuttislave]

Sibelius written for him!! He was only 12!!!

[janadam]

I can not belive it plays 11 years old boy. Phenomenal !!!

[DelcegAli]

You welcome! Many thanks for this piece. Actually, he was a "wonderchild", but - according to my information - he was more famous and better violinist in his early years, because his father was behind him. He helped, or rather forced him to play, and play and play the violin. When he died, Ferenc played less, and lost his unique technique.

[petrof4056]

really? my informations should be wrong! Ok Vescey, it's your family, you know it more than anybody. Thanks!

[DelcegAli]

Hello My Friend,

Let me correct something: his name was Vecsey, not Vécsey !!!!! ( different family !! )

I know it, because he was a cousin of my grand-grand father.

Anyway, thanks for this piece!

[yi1juu]

He was hungarian, his name exactly is Ferenc Vécsey. In 1910 (when he was 16-17 years old) Vécsey played Brahms in Roma like the first (solo) violinist of Orchestra e Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

Ha was one of the bests ever.