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Philippe Hirshhorn

Philippe Hirschhorn was a Soviet violinist. He won the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in 1967. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he was born in Riga, Latvia and first studied at Darsin music school in Riga with Waldemar Sturestep, later he studied with Michael Waiman at the Conservatoire of St. Petersburg. Hirschhorn played concerts all over the world with the most prestigious orchestras conducted by, amongst others, Herbert von Karajan, Uri Segal, Eugene Ormandy, Yury Temirkanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Gary Bertini, Ronald Zollman. He played together with Roger Woodward, Elisabeth Leonskaya, Martha Argerich, James Tocco, Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, Frederic Meinders, Hans Mannes, Brigitte Engerer etc. The rare recordings that exist of his playing are examples of his technical and musical abilities. He was the teacher of many excellent violinists who dedicated their working life to performing and teaching, among others Philippe Graffin, David Grimal, Cornelia Angerhofer, Janine Jansen, Yoris Jarzynski, Otto Tausk, Marie-Pierre Vendôme, and many others. From Wikipedia (

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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: Rondo: Allegro spirituoso

Philippe Hirshhorn

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Etude en forme de Valse

Camille Saint-Saëns

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Sonata in C Minor Op. 4: Largo

Philippe Hirshhorn

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Sonata in C Minor Op. 4: Allegro moderato

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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: Adagio espressivo

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Beethoven, Brahms & Prokofiev: Hirshhorn & Leonskaja in Concert At the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1993

2002

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Philippe Hirshhorn Plays Beethoven, Berg, & Paganini

1999

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Philippe Hirshhorn Plays Bach, Geminiani, Bartók, et al.

1999

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Lekeu: La musique de chambre I

EP • 1992

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Saint Saens, Camille (arranged by Ysaÿe) Caprice d'apres l'etude en forme de Valse, Op. 52, No. 6

HenriVieuxtemps • 68K views

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Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio

Elisabeth Leonskaja & Philippe Hirshhorn • 398 views

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Archive:Philippe Hirschhorn

zeno v • 15K views

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Paganini - Philippe Hirshhorn - CYP9619/L'Oreille de Mélanie

René Defossez, Belgium National Orchestra & Philippe Hirshhorn • 1K views

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Lekeu Violin Sonata in G Major 1st movement (Tres Modere)

198redone • 877 views