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Rimsky-Korsakov / Erick Friedman, 1963 - Flight of the Bumblebee (abbreviated version)

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Channel: davidhertzberg · 2012 · Music

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From the LP shown above, issued in 1963 on the RCA Victor label.

From Wikipedia:  Erick Friedman (August 14, 1939 - March 30, 2004) is considered by many as one of the greatest American born violinists of the past century. Erick Friedman's illustrious career took him to many of the great concert stages of the world appearing as guest soloist with most of the great orchestras throughout the United States and abroad: the New York Philharmonic and the National Symphony, the orchestras of New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Miami, Detroit, Indianapolis, the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and many other major orchestras throughout the world. Karajan, Stokowski, Steinberg, Leinsdorf, Previn, and Ozawa are some of the celebrated conductors with whom he collaborated with. Mr. Friedman's recordings for RCA earned him accolades including the prestigious Grammy Award. Mr. Friedman has been featured playing the Bartók Violin Concerto in an A&E Television Production on Bartók which was released worldwide. His tribute to Fritz Kreisler is available on VHS at online vendors including Amazon. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Isadore Freed, Ezra Laderman, and Laurent Petitgirard are some of the internationally celebrated composers who wrote and/or dedicated compositions to him. Erick Friedman studied at The Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian. At age fourteen he began studies with Nathan Milstein and later worked with the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz with whom he recorded the Bach Double Violin Concerto for RCA. In the early 1970s, Mr. Friedman was on the violin faculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts. He later held faculty positions at the Manhattan School of Music, Southern Methodist University, and the Yale School of Music.

Erick Friedman (16 de agosto de 1939 - 30 de marzo de 2004) fue un violínista estadounidense y profesor de música en la Universidad de Yale. Nació en Newark, New Jersey.  Comenzó a tocar el violín a los seis años de edad. Fue alumno de Samuel Applebaum, Ivan Galamian, Nathan Milstein y Jascha Heifetz. Terminó sus estudios en la Universidad del Sur de California. En 1960 firmó con la casa RCA Victor y en 1961 grabó el Concierto para dos violines de Bach junto a su maestro Heifetz. Participó con diversas orquestas sinfónicas, entre ellas la de Bostón, Chicago y Londres.2 A pesar de las advertencias de Jascha Heifetz, quien le recomendó no presentarse en el tradicional Concurso Internacional Chaikovski, Friedman decidió participar. Por razones políticas, el jurado moscovita otorgó el sexto lugar a la destacada actuación del violinista estadounidense.  A finales de la década de 1980 sufrió un accidente automovilístico, en el cual se lastimó el hombro y la mano izquierda. Se dedicó a la docencia como profesor de música en la Universidad de Yale. En 1996 ganó el premio Grammy por su álbum "The Heifetz Collection". En el año 2000, ganó el premio Ignace J. Paderewski, el cual le fue otorgado por sus distinguidas contribuciones a la sociedad y la cultura. En 2004 murió a consecuencia de cáncer en New Haven, Connecticut.
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