Louis Persinger was an American violin

Violin

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ist and pianist

Pianist

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Louis Persinger trained at the Leipzig Conservatory, before finishing with Eugène Ysaÿe

Eugène Ysaÿe

Eugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...

 in Brussels. He became leader of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra and the Royal Opera Orchestra in Brussels. In 1915 he was appointed leader and assistant conductor to the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

San Francisco Symphony

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. He succeeded Leopold Auer

Leopold Auer

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 in 1930 at the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

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, in New York.

He was best known as the teacher of the great violinists Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...

, Ruggiero Ricci

Ruggiero Ricci

Ruggiero Ricci is an Italian-American violinist known for performances and recordings of the works of Paganini. He was born in San Bruno, California. Ricci's brother was cellist and his sister Emma played violin with the New York Metropolitan Opera.He is the son of Italian immigrants. His...

, Isaac Stern

Isaac Stern

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, Camilla Wicks

Camilla Wicks

Camilla Wicks is an American violinist and one of the first female violinists to establish a major international career...

, Almita Vamos

Roland and Almita Vamos

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, Fredell Lack

Fredell Lack

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, Guila Bustabo

Guila Bustabo

Giulia Bustabo was a prominent American concert and recital violinist. Born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, February 25, 1916 , she had a remarkable career, the latter part mostly in Europe due to her domineering mother’s poor political judgment, and was considered to be eccentric, but a superbly skilled...

, Arnold Eidus

Arnold Eidus

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, Donald Erickson, Zvi Zeitlin

Zvi Zeitlin

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and Louise Behrend. He was also Ricci's piano accompanist for many recitals and recordings.