Alexander Schneider
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Alexander Schneider (October 21, 1908 – February 2, 1993) was a violinist, conductor, and educator. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, he moved to the United States as a member of the Budapest Quartet.
[edit] Biography
Schneider was the Artistic Director of the Schneider Concerts at The New School (New York), from 1957 until his death. [1] Under the auspices of the New School, Schneider and his manager, Frank Salomon, founded the "New York String Orchestra", a year-end seminar-performance for young string musicians, in 1969. [2]
In addition to the Budapest Quartet, he played with a number of chamber groups, among them his own string group, and the Brandenburg Ensemble. [3]
He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.newschool.edu/concerts/schneider.aspx?s=2 New School history]
- ^ [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/27/arts/music/27lare.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/L/Laredo,%20Jaime New York Times article, "A Yearly Flowering of the Young, Gifted and Unjaded", December 27, 2004
- ^ brief history of the Bradenberg Ensemble
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