María Dueñas's new album pairs Korngold's Violin Concerto and Lalo's Symphonie espagnole with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra ...

Jascha Heifetz, well known Jewish violinist, was married to Mrs. Florence Vidor, a Christian, last Monday in New York City. Charles E. Kelby, former Supreme Court Justice performed the ceremony. Mr.

Heifetz Rediscovered. Jascha Heifetz, violinist; various pianists. Recorded 1922-36. (RCA Victor 09026-63907) What treasures lurk in the vaults of record companies. The latest example comes from the ...

"The technique was stupendous," Hoffman says about Heifetz's appeal. "Nobody had heard about a technique like [his.] And he set a completely new standard for the violin for technical excellence. But ...

Jascha Heifetz, regarded as the greatest violin virtuoso since Paganini, died early Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, several weeks after undergoing brain surgery following a fall at his Beverly ...

The magnificent, wild and difficult genius of violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz. A new documentary takes us in. Violinist Jascha Heifetz. (Library of Congress) The great violinst Jascha Heifetz was great ...

Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Kreisler were both born on Feb. 2 — Kreisler in 1875 and Heifetz in 1901. But the two men share more than just a birthday. Music commentator Miles Hoffman joins Renee Montagne ...

It's hard not to talk numbers when it comes to the new Jascha Heifetz collection. Last week Sony Classical released a 10-pound box of the famed violinist's recordings — 103 CDs in all, which the ...

AMBITIOUS violinists, ranging from children who ought to be in bed to grandfathers who ought to be in bed, attend Jascha Heifetz’ concerts in the hope of acquiring at least a little of his mastery.

AS Jascha Heifetz was repeating a transcription for the fiddle of Rimski-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumble Bee,” it occurred to me that the difference between Mr. Heif etz and most of his ...