Bronislav Gimpel

Bronislaw Gimpel ( born January 29, 1911 in Lviv, † May 1, 1979 in Los Angeles ) was a Polish- American violinist and music professor. He was born in Lemberg, Austria - Hungary, part of Polish Galicia ( now Lviv, Ukraine) born to a Jewish family. Dupe's older brother, Jakob Gimpel, was a renowned concert pianist who recorded music for feature films.

Early career

Bronislaw Gimpel began piano and violin lessons at age five with his father. At the age of eight years he studied with Moritz Wolf steel of the Lemberg ( Lwów since 1918 ) Conservatory. After 1922 he continued his studies with Robert Pollack at the University of Vienna. At fourteen, he played Goldmark's Violin Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic. A year later led an extensive concert tour in Italy to a series of triumphs of historic greatness with appearances before King Victor Emmanuel III. and Pope Pius XI. to play and invitations on Paganini's famous Guarneri violin and at the grave of the legendary violinist. Toured South America and Europe followed. In 1930, he attended the University of Arts in Berlin under the direction of Prof. Carl Flesch. He then continued his solo career, while he held management positions in Königsberg and Gothenburg.

Emigration to the United States

Gimpel, who was of Jewish descent, emigrated in 1937 to the United States. The outbreak of war brought Gimpel to Los Angeles, as concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. After serving from 1942 until the end of the war in the U.S. Army, he resumed his solo career in Europe again, where he was again celebrated in style. From 1963, he was first violinist of the Warsaw Piano Quintet, which also Władysław Szpilman was a member.

Chairs

1959-1960 led Bronislaw Gimpel master classes at the University of Music in Karlsruhe by. 1967, Gimpel a professorship at the University of Connecticut. From 1973 he was professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. During this time he continued his solo concerts in Europe, the United States and South America.