Hungarian violin school
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The Hungarian violin school started with Jòzsef Joseph Böhm
, when in 1819 he began to teach the first violin class of Vienna
's Conservatory. Böhm studied in Budapest
, with his father, and with Pierre Rode
(probably when he was in Russia), so he is the link between the French school (an evolution of the Italian school through Viotti) and the Hungarian one.
, Auer
, Flesch
, Otto Singer
, Tivadar Nachez
, Hubay
; and to violinists of other nationalities as: Hellmesberger
, Jacob Dont, Ernst
(Romanian), Ferdinand Laub
, Franz Kneisel
and Karl Klingler. The importance: Joachim will teach in Berlin, Auer in Russia and in America, Flesch in Switzerland and England, Hellmesberger and Dont in Vienna, Hubay in Brussels and Budapest, Laub in Russia, Klingler in Germany and Kneisel in America. Among the violinists who were pupils in the Budapest academy, created by Hubay, we find: Tibor Varga (director of Sion academy), André Gertler
(head of string-department in Brussels), Joseph Szigeti
(head of string-department in Budapest), Sandor Vegh
(director of the Mozarteum), Ilona Feher
(teacher of Shlomo Mintz
in Tel Aviv), Oskar Back (founder of Amsterdam's school), Béla Katona. Someone will perhaps have heard about Kato Havas
, Géza Szilvay
, Paul Rolland
, Robert Gerle or Shinichi Suzuki. The first four have studied in Budapest academy in the same cultural atmosphere and with the same technique. Suzuki studied in Berlin with Klingler (Joachim's pupil). These violinists are mentioned because of their fame, but they are part of a long list of key-persons in world musical life coming from the Hungarian school.
Kato Havas is author of the book "Stage fright" in which all the problems of posture are faced. Sensitive to these problems, Rolland has created the violin school system in the U.S. and collaborated with F. Matthias Alexander
. Silvay organized the string-department in Helsinki "Sibelius" academy. Gerle collaborated with Rolland and Havas and worked in U.S. It must be told that in Budapest academy there is a violin pedagogy class since the year of its foundation in 1875. Since then it is collecting the elements of the violin playing tradition and those of researchers. Very big importance is given to pedagogy and to its diffusion.
Joseph Böhm
Joseph Böhm was a violinist and teacher.He was born in Pest. He was taught by his father and by Pierre Rode. His brother Franz Böhm was too the well-known violinist and the soloist in the Russian empire in an imperial orchestra....
, when in 1819 he began to teach the first violin class of Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
's Conservatory. Böhm studied in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, with his father, and with Pierre Rode
Pierre Rode
Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode was a French violinist and composer.-Biography:Born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France, Pierre Rode traveled to Parisat the age of 13 and soon became a favourite pupil of the great Giovanni Battista Viotti who found the boy so talented that he charged him no fee for the...
(probably when he was in Russia), so he is the link between the French school (an evolution of the Italian school through Viotti) and the Hungarian one.
Böhm's classes
Böhm's classes gave birth to the following Hungarian violinists: JoachimJoachim
Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions. The story of Joachim and Anne appears first in the apocryphal Gospel of James...
, Auer
Leopold Auer
Leopold Auer was a Hungarian violinist, teacher, conductor and composer.-Early life and career:...
, Flesch
Flesch
Flesch is a German surname and may refer to:* Rudolf Flesch - Creator of Flesch Reading Ease test and co-creator of the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test* Siegfried Flesch - Austrian saber fencer* Steve Flesch - American golfer...
, Otto Singer
Otto Singer
Otto Singer was a German musician also active in the USA.Singer was born in Sora, Saxony. He was educated in Dresden, and later in Leipzig until 1865, and after a short residence in Weimar with Franz Liszt went to New York in 1867.In 1873 he went to Cincinnati as assistant musical director, under...
, Tivadar Nachez
Tivadar Nachéz
Tivadar Nachéz was a Hungarian violinist and composer for violin who had an international career, but made his home in London during his career....
, Hubay
Hubay
Hubay is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons named Hubay include:* Ilona Hubay , a specialist in ancient books* Jenő Hubay , violinist, composer and music teacher...
; and to violinists of other nationalities as: Hellmesberger
Hellmesberger
Hellmesberger is a surname.Notable bearers include an Austrian family of musicians, which includes:* Georg Hellmesberger, Sr., father of Joseph Sr. and Georg Jr....
, Jacob Dont, Ernst
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst was a Moravian-Jewish violinist, violist and composer. Ernst was widely seen as the outstanding violinist of his time and one of Paganini's greatest successors....
(Romanian), Ferdinand Laub
Ferdinand Laub
Ferdinand Laub was a Czech violinist and composer.Laub was born in Prague. Due to the influence of his father Erasmus Laub , Ferdinand's first public appearance happened when he was 6 years old. At the age of 10 he had his own concert in Stavovské divadlo . From 1843-46 he studied at the...
, Franz Kneisel
Franz Kneisel
Franz Kneisel was an American violinist and teacher of Romanian birth.Born in Bucharest, the son of a German bandmaster, he learned to play the flute, clarinet and trumpet, as well as the violin...
and Karl Klingler. The importance: Joachim will teach in Berlin, Auer in Russia and in America, Flesch in Switzerland and England, Hellmesberger and Dont in Vienna, Hubay in Brussels and Budapest, Laub in Russia, Klingler in Germany and Kneisel in America. Among the violinists who were pupils in the Budapest academy, created by Hubay, we find: Tibor Varga (director of Sion academy), André Gertler
André Gertler
André Gertler was a classical violinist and teacher.Born in Budapest, Hungary, he fled the country under the Nazis. He was a teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Music, in Brussels, Belgium....
(head of string-department in Brussels), Joseph Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti was a Hungarian violinist.Born into a musical family, he spent his early childhood in a small town in Transylvania. He quickly proved himself to be a child prodigy on the violin, and moved to Budapest with his father to study with the renowned pedagogue Jenő Hubay...
(head of string-department in Budapest), Sandor Vegh
Sándor Végh
Sándor Végh was a Hungarian, later French, violinist and conductor. He was best known as one of the great chamber music violinists of the twentieth century.- Education :...
(director of the Mozarteum), Ilona Feher
Ilona Feher
Ilona Feher, Ilona Fehér , was one of the last representatives of the Central European Violin School whose greats included Joseph Joachim, Otakar Ševčík and Jenő Hubay. She was also a noted violin teacher.-Early years:Feher studied with Jenő Hubay for six years at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music...
(teacher of Shlomo Mintz
Shlomo Mintz
Shlomo Mintz is an Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor. He regularly appears with orchestras and conductors on the international scene and is heard in recitals and chamber music concerts around the world.- Awards :...
in Tel Aviv), Oskar Back (founder of Amsterdam's school), Béla Katona. Someone will perhaps have heard about Kato Havas
Kato havas
Kató Havas is a violinist and violin and viola teacher who developed the "New Approach to violin playing" to help prevent and physical injuries and eliminate stage fright related to playing the violin or viola. Through the teaching of the New Approach, Kató Havas realized that the release of...
, Géza Szilvay
Géza Szilvay
Géza Szilvay is a Finnish violin pedagogue, founder and conductor of the Helsinki Strings and principal of the East Helsinki Music Institute....
, Paul Rolland
Paul Rolland
Paul Rolland was a violist and an influential American violin teacher who concentrated on the pedagogy of teaching fundamentals to beginning string students. He was famous for emphasizing that the physical demands of most violin techniques can be taught in the first two years of violin education...
, Robert Gerle or Shinichi Suzuki. The first four have studied in Budapest academy in the same cultural atmosphere and with the same technique. Suzuki studied in Berlin with Klingler (Joachim's pupil). These violinists are mentioned because of their fame, but they are part of a long list of key-persons in world musical life coming from the Hungarian school.
Kato Havas is author of the book "Stage fright" in which all the problems of posture are faced. Sensitive to these problems, Rolland has created the violin school system in the U.S. and collaborated with F. Matthias Alexander
F. Matthias Alexander
Frederick Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique – a form of education that is applied to recognize and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking.-Early life:Alexander was born on a...
. Silvay organized the string-department in Helsinki "Sibelius" academy. Gerle collaborated with Rolland and Havas and worked in U.S. It must be told that in Budapest academy there is a violin pedagogy class since the year of its foundation in 1875. Since then it is collecting the elements of the violin playing tradition and those of researchers. Very big importance is given to pedagogy and to its diffusion.