The Malkin Trio - 1928 - Smetana Trio in G minor - I. Allegro assai

ThThe Malkin Trio was comprised of Jacques Malkin (1876-1964), violin, Josef Malkin (1879-1969), cello, and Manfred Malkin (1885-1966), piano.

Jacques was born in Propoisk, Russia (now Slawharad, Belarus). He studied at the Odessa Music School, and later at the Paris Conservatory under Martin Pierre Marsick. It was there that he met, and later married, the violinist Ingeborg Magnus, to whom Fritz Kreisler once said, "You play like a queen!" In 1893, Malkin was engaged as the viola d'amore player for Saint-Saëns' Société des Instruments Anciens. In 1918, he settled in New York as a violin teacher. He founded of The Renaissance Quintet, which included Julius Schulman, Youry Bilstin, Benjamin Feinbloom, and Leo Small, which often performed with Lily Pons.

Joseph Malkin was also born in Propoisk. He studied at the Odessa Music School, and later at the Paris Conservatory, winning First Prize in 1898. He was first cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic (1902-08); then toured in Europe, Mexico, the U. S., and Canada as a member of the Brussels Quartet; was first cellist of the Boston Symphony (1914-19) and of the Chicago Symphony (1919-22). In 1933, he organized the Malkin Conservatory in Boston, with a faculty of distinguished teachers; Arnold Schoenberg taught there during his first American season, 1934-35. The Malkin Conservatory was closed in 1943. From 1944 until 1949, Malkin was a cellist in the N. Y. Philharmonic; then retired. He published a number of cello works and studies.

Manfred Malkin was born in Slobodka, Russia (now Belarus). He studied at the Paris Conservatory. In 1905, he settled in the United States. He gave a joint concert with Eugen Ysaÿe at Carnegie Hall in 1913. He taught privately and at the Institute of Musical Art (1911-14) and established the Malkin School of Music in New York (1914-31).

The Malkin brothers were much admired by noted New York Times music critic, Olin Downes. They gave concerts at Town Hall, Aeolian Hall and Carnegie Hall over a period of many years.

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