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A conversation with Ysaÿe - From the archive: November 1896

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The great Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, aged 38, talks to The Strad at his home in Brussels

Ysaye was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1858. He received his first lessons from his father, Nicholas Ysaye, who was a musician of considerable repute, and whom he admits of having been his principal master. He received, however, the finishing touches of his artistic education at the Conservatoire in Paris, and in 1878 we find our young artist engaged in a series of concert tournées through Europe. He is not only one of the finest violinists now before the public, but also a musician and composer of considerable ability…

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