Austrian-born British musician and teacher (1924–2020)
Erich Gruenberg
OBE
Born
(1924-10-12)12 October 1924
Vienna, First Austrian Republic
Died
7 August 2020(2020-08-07) (aged 95)
Hampstead Garden Suburb, England
Education
Jerusalem Conservatory
Occupations
Classical violinist
Academic teacher
Organizations
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Academy of Music
Erich GruenbergOBE (12 October 1924 – 7 August 2020) was an Austrian-born British violinist and teacher. Following studies in Israel, he was a principal violinist of major orchestras, including the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He was an international soloist, playing the first performance of Britten's Violin Concerto in Moscow. As a chamber musician, he was leader of the London String Quartet and recorded all Beethoven violin sonatas with pianist David Wilde. He was the lead violinist for The Beatles' album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Gruenberg taught at the Royal Academy of Music until age 95, influencing generations of violinists.
ErichGruenberg OBE (12 October 1924 – 7 August 2020) was an Austrian-born British violinist and teacher. Following studies in Israel, he was a principal...
from 2009) Rachel Gough (Bassoon) Clio Gould (Violin and ensembles) ErichGruenberg (violinist) Alan Hacker (clarinetist) Mary Hammond (Head of Musical...
tambura Neil Aspinall – tambura Mal Evans - sand blocks and triangle ErichGruenberg, Alan Loveday, Julien Gaillard, Paul Scherman, Ralph Elman, David Wolfsthal...
Dimitri Tiomkin, Erich Korngold and Aaron Copland—but Gruenberg, inexplicably, is not on the list of nominees. One wonders, since Gruenberg heads the list...
chord) George Martin – orchestral arrangement, harmonium (final chord) ErichGruenberg, Granville Jones, Bill Monro, Jurgen Hess, Hans Geiger, D. Bradley...
and piano by Beethoven with ErichGruenberg; the Sonata for violin and piano by his teacher Reizenstein, also with Gruenberg; the Concerto by Thomas Wilson...
executive. Ronnie Goodman, 60, American cartoonist and street artist. ErichGruenberg, 95, Austrian-born British violinist and teacher. Tomáš Grulich, 69...
Fontana, 74, English singer ("The Game of Love"), cancer. 8 August – ErichGruenberg, 95, Austrian-born violinist and teacher. 9 August Martin Birch, 71...
Schubert, as well as the Violin Concerto by Roberto Gerhard, with ErichGruenberg as soloist. March 12 – John Lennon is involved in an altercation with...
– Wayne Fontana, singer, (the Mindbenders), 74 (cancer) 8 August – ErichGruenberg, Austrian-born violinist and teacher, 95. 9 August – Martin Birch,...
October 10 – Buddy MacMaster, American fiddler (d. 2014) October 12 – ErichGruenberg, Austrian-British violinist (d. 2020) November 14 – Leonid Kogan, violinist...
disrupted by the Second World War. She played duos with the violinist ErichGruenberg. By the early 1960s, Waterman felt that young British pianists needed...
of the Mike Sammes Singers. Contributed vocals to "I Am the Walrus" ErichGruenberg—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "A Day in the Life"...
awarded to Marisol Lee. The judging panel for the final consisted of ErichGruenberg, Paul Silverthorne, Thomas Demenga, David Whelton, and Alexander Van...
of Opera 1991 Kenny Rankin - Because of You 1991 Malcolm Frager / ErichGruenberg - Beethoven: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra; Schumann: Concerto for...
Violin Concerto, which was broadcast by the BBC in 1986 with soloist ErichGruenberg and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Downes. There...
Commission Poultry Advisory Committee. For services to the Egg Industry. ErichGruenberg, Violinist. For services to Music. Peter Moir Guthrie, Partner, Scott...
DeLay, Ana Chumachenco, Tabea Zimmermann, Michael Frischenshlager, ErichGruenberg, Zakhar Bron, Boris Garlitsky, Zvi Zeitlin and Itzhak Perlman. In 2008...
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