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By Sasha Margolis
Arthur Grumiaux may have been the most elegant violinist of the twentieth century. He certainly enjoyed one of its premiere solo careers. Emerging after World War II, at a time when Heifetz was king and established stars Menuhin, Szigeti, and Francescatti were being joined on the international scene by Oistrakh, Stern, and soon, Szeryng, Grumiaux stood out for a unique combination of qualities: unfailing sweetness and warmth of tone and ease of execution, along with utter sincerity, beautiful and long-range phrase-shaping, and an ability to respond to any emotional subtlety the music he was playing held in store.
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Born in 1921 in the Belgian town of Villers-Perwin, Grumiaux studied with Alfred Dubois, an Ysaÿe pupil whom he would succeed as professor at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. Spending the war in occupied Belgium, Grumiaux chose not to play in public, so as to avoid having to perform for Nazi occupiers. After the war, he quickly rose to fame. The BBC chose him to broadcast the new Walton Concerto in 1945. In 1951 he made a US debut, and in 1954 gave the rediscovered Paganini Fourth Concerto its “second world premiere.” Having established himself a worthy heir to bygone Belgia
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Arthur Grumiaux
Belgian violin player (1921–1986)
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