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The concertmaster (from the German Konzertmeister), first chair [1] (U.S.) or leader [2] (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the conductor , the concertmaster is the most significant leader in an orchestra , symphonic band or other musical ensemble .
Subsequently, in 1973, he served as the concertmaster at the New York Christmas String Seminar. In the subsequent year, 1974, he performed in Puerto Rico as a member of the Casals Festival Orchestra. [5] In 1975, he was appointed as the concertmaster of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, a position he held until 1976.
Rakhmaninov – Orchestral Works / 1998 Nimbus Records / BBC National Orchestra of Wales Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade / 2005 Classics for Pleasure / London Philharmonic ‘Joie de Vivre’ / 2005 Decca / BBC Symphony Orchestra
Born into a Bulgarian-Jewish family in 1970, Vesko Panteleev Eschkenazy [2] became a child prodigy in the field of music when he appeared as an orchestra leader. At 11 years old, he went on to become the concertmaster of the youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Prof. Vladi Simeonov.
S. Nikolai Sachenko; Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio; Shunsuke Sato; Heinrich Schachtebeck; Gustav Schmahl; Alexander Schneider; Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violinist) Werner Scholz (violinist)
As a guest concertmaster, Greenberg has performed with the Houston, St. Louis, San Diego, and Oregon Symphonies, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway. He was the first American to serve as concertmaster for the Japan Virtuoso Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble of top players from Japan and ...
He served as concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for 43 years; upon his appointment in 1957 at age 26, he was the youngest person to ever hold the post. He also enjoyed a career as a soloist. [1] His final performance as concertmaster with the orchestra was a concert performance in Carnegie Hall of Béla Bartók's Bluebeard's ...
In the 1940s, Erle was concertmaster of the MGM Symphony Orchestra and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. [6] Along with violist Walter Trampler, cellist Claus Adam, and violinist Matthew Raimondi, Erle formed in 1948 the highly regarded [7] [8] New Music Quartet, which specialized in performing and recording modern music. He was the first ...