All Ivry Gitlis articles

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    Steven Isserlis – ‘In private Ivry Gitlis was quite similar to how he was in public’

    2021-03-25T11:00:00Z

    When Ivry Gitlis died on Christmas Eve last year at the age of 98 there was an outpouring of love and affection from the musical community. In this article, paying tribute to the great violinist’s life and career, Tully Potter quotes cellist Steven Isserlis

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    Ivry Gitlis performs Berg’s Violin Concerto

    2021-01-13T09:05:00Z

    Violinist Ivry Gitlis, who died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 98, performs Berg’s 1935 Violin Concerto ’To the Memory of an Angel’ with WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Hans Vonk. Read: 8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Gitlis Read: Ivry Gitlis: a timeline ...

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    Ivry Gitlis plays La Capricieuse

    2019-08-08T16:18:00Z

    The great Israeli violinist here performs this violin miniature by Edward Elgar on French television in 1962

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    Violinist Ivry Gitlis improvises with Gypsy musicians

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis improvises with Gypsy musicians in a clip from the 1970s. Watch: 93-year-old violinist Ivry Gitlis performs Kreisler Read: 8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Gitlis

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    94th birthday interview with violinist Ivry Gitlis

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    When conductors and managers happily say of a soloist, 'He's very reliable', it's really a terrible thing. People said Heifetz's playing was perfection - but he was perfect in the sense that he was always on the edge of an abyss' In celebration of his 94th birthday, ...

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    8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Gitlis

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    The great violinist reveals his sometimes surprising views on performance and the music business to Ariane Todes to mark his 90th birthday in The Strad's August 2012 issue

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    93-year-old violinist Ivry Gitlis performs Kreisler

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    93-year-old violinist Ivry Gitlis joins pianist Khatia Buniatishvili to perform Kreisler's Liebesleid, Schön Rosmarin and Syncopation, alongside Maria Theresia von Paradis' Sicilienne at an Aix-en-Provence concert in April 2016, broadcast by ARTE Concert. Read: 8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Giltis Watch: Ivry Gitlis ...

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    Ivry Gitlis performs Kreisler's Liebesleid aged 89

    2015-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Ivry Gitlis gives a wonderfully individual performance of Kreisler's Liebesleid at the Järvi Festival, conducted by Paavo Järvi, in August 2011. The performance showcases a particularly warm chemistry between conductor and soloist. Read 8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Gitlis  

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    Ivry Gitlis: Works by Bartók, Brahms, Bloch, Debussy, Haubenstock-Ramati, Hindemith, Saint-Saëns and Wieniawski

    2015-06-21T00:00:00Z

    The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: The two faces of Ivry Gitlis in recordings covering 1962–86 Musicians: Ivry Gitlis (violin) Daria Hovora (piano) Stuttgart Radio Orchestra/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, SWR SO Baden-Baden/Hans Rosbaud, Orchestra of the National Theatre, Mannheim/Wolfgang Rennert ...

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    Ivry Gitlis performs Bartók's Solo Violin Sonata

    2015-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Ivry Gitlis performs the third movement 'Melodia' of Bartók's Solo Violin Sonata. Read 8 opinions on performance and career by Ivry Gitlis. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.

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    Violinists Ruggiero Ricci and Ivry Gitlis clowning around

    2014-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Legendary violinists Ruggiero Ricci and Ivry Gitlis share musical jokes while lying on a bed together. An excerpt from documentary 'Ruggiero Ricci † Life is a Violin', filmed for Xochil Productions and available in full on medici.tv. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...

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    Vivaldi dream team - Isaac Stern, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz

    2014-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Four legendary violinists - Isaac Stern, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz - perform Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, op.3 no.10 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...

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    Ivry Gitlis performs Wieniawski's Capriccio-Valse

    2014-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Ivry Gitlis performs Wieniawski's Capriccio-Valse, op.7 with pianist Tasso Janopoulo. Read the great violinist's 8 opinions on performance and career. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.

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    Violinist Ivry Gitlis on life, love and music

    2014-07-20T00:00:00Z

    What is your favourite motto? 'To be alive, to be aware, to hear, to know, to feel, to see, to love - and to be loved a little bit sometimes' The incomparable Ivry Gitlis answers questions on everything from his favourite composer to how he would like ...

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    Ivry Gitlis performs Paganini's Caprice no.24

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Ivry Gitlis, who has contributed 8 opinions on performance and career, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 with pianist Tasso Janopoulo in 1967. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.

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    The hands of violinist Ivry Gitlis

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a series of galleries focusing on the hands of famous string players, The Strad brings you the hands of violinist Ivry Gitlis, photographed by the editor, Ariane Todes, in his Paris flat. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...

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    Classic Ivry Gitlis

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    In honour of The Strad's new gallery, 'The hands of violinist Ivry Gitlis' — the first in a series focusing on the hands of famous string players — here are the violinist's hands in action, performing Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...

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    Ivry Gitlis

    Ivry Gitlis, the Israeli violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, was born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate, to Jewish parents. He studied with a long line of teachers, among them George Enescu, then went on to perform with orchestras all over the world such as the New York Philharmonic, ...

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    Violinist Ivry Gitlis remembers George Enescu

    2013-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Our October issue will focus on great players of the past, including interviews with people who knew them or revere them. Ariane Todes has just interviewed the inimitable Gitlis about his former teacher and gives a sneak preview

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    Bach's Chaconne on film: Ivry Gitlis

    2013-08-13T00:00:00Z

    The unconventional violinist interprets the masterpiece