Zino Francescatti

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Zino Francescatti, RenГ©-Charles Zino Francescatti (August 9, 1902 - September 17, 1991) was a French virtuoso violinist.Zino Francescatti was born in Marseilles, to a musical family. Both parents were violinists. His father, who also played the cello, had studied with Camillo Sivori. Zino studied violin from age three and was quickly recognized as a child prodigy. He began performing at the age of five and made his debut at age 10, playing Beethovens Violin Concerto.[citation needed]In 1927 he went to Paris to teach at the Г‰cole Normale de Musique; he also conducted the Concerts Poulets. He made his first world tour in 1931 and his American debut with John Barbirolli and the New York Philharmonic in 1939, playing Paganinis Violin Concerto No. 1. His recording of the concerto is still regarded as one of the best. At the end of World War II in 1945, he pursued an outstanding international career until his retirement in 1976.[citation needed]A violinist of outstanding technical ability, Francescatti played all of the great concerti. His performances of Mendelssohns Violin Concerto in E minor, Saint-SaГ«ns Violin Concerto No. 3, Bruchs Violin Concerto No. 1, and others, are highly regarded.Francescatti made many renowned recordings, including the Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano with Robert Casadesus. He performed on the celebrated Hart Stradivarius of 1727. Upon his retirement, he sold the instrument and established the Zino Francescatti Foundation, to assist young violinists, in La Ciotat. In 1987 an international violin competition was organized in his honor in Aix-en-Provence.[citation needed]He died in La Ciotat, Bouches-du-RhГґne, France, aged 89.[edit] QuotesKnown for his lyrical performance style and as a champion of contemporary violin music by such composers as Darius Milhaud, Leonard Bernstein, and Karol Szymanowski. - EncyclopГ¦dia BritannicaFrancescattis playing was marked by a seemingly effortless technique, warmth of expression, and tonal elegance. One of the great classical violinists of the twentieth century. Among his recordings are Saint-SaГ«nss famous and popular Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. [edit] References^ Legendary Violinists. Zino Francescatti^ Zino Francescatti - BiographyLegendary ViolinistsViolin Virtuosos (from Paganini to 21st century) - Henry Roth 1997 ISBN 1-8879395-15-0Zino Francescatti. BAKERS BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MUSICIANS Centennial Edition. Nicolas Slonimsky, Editor Emeritus. Schirmer, 2001Francescatti on YouTubeFrancescatti plays ZigeunerweisenClassic Archive - Zino Francescatti & Robert Casadesus (2005)http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808630685/infoRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zino_FrancescattiCategories: French classical violinists | 1902 births | 1991 deaths | Г‰cole Normale de Musique de Paris alumniHidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements from March 2010Personal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesCatalГ DeutschEspaГ±olFranГ§aisItalianoЧўЧ‘ЧЁЧ™ЧЄж—Ґжњ¬иЄћР СѓСЃСЃРєРёР№SlovenДЌinaSvenska This page was last modified on 4 October 2010 at 01:36.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimersif ( window.mediaWiki ) {mediaWiki.config.set({wgCanonicalNamespace: , wgCanonicalSpecialPageName: false, wgNamespaceNumber: 0, wgPageName: Zino_Francescatti, wgTitle: Zino Francescatti, wgAction: view, wgArticleId: 1239391, wgIsArticle: true, wgUserName: null, wgUserGroups: [*], wgCurRevisionId: 388584476, wgCategories: [All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2010, French classical violinists, 1902 births, 1991 deaths, Г‰cole Normale de Musique de Paris alumni], wgBreakFrames: false, wgRestrictionEdit: [], wgRestrictionMove: [], wgSearchNamespaces: [0], wgFlaggedRevsParams: {tags: {status: {levels: 1, quality: 2, pristine: 3}}}, wgStableRevisionId: null, wgRevContents: {error: Unable to get content., waiting: Waiting for content}, wgWikimediaMobileUrl: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki, wgCollapsibleNavBucketTest: false, wgCollapsibleNavForceNewVersion: false, wgArticleAssessmentJUIPath: http://bits.wikimedia.org/w/extensions-1.17/UsabilityInitiative/js/js2stopgap/jui.combined.min.js, Geo: {city: , country: }, wgNoticeProject: wikipedia});}if ( window.mediaWiki ) {mediaWiki.loader.load([mediawiki.legacy.wikibits, mediawiki.util, mediawiki.legacy.ajax, mediawiki.legacy.mwsuggest, ext.vector.collapsibleNav, ext.vector.collapsibleTabs, ext.vector.editWarning, ext.vector.simpleSearch]);mediaWiki.loader.go();}if ( window.mediaWiki ) {mediaWiki.user.options.set({ccmeonemails:0,cols:80,contextchars:50,contextlines:5,date:default,diffonly:0,disablemail:0,disablesuggest:0,editfont:default,editondblclick:0,editsection:1,editsectiononrightclick:0,enotifminoredits:0,enotifrevealaddr:0,enotifusertalkpages:1,enotifwatchlistpages:0,extendwatchlist:0,externaldiff:0,externaleditor:0,fancysig:0,forceeditsummary:0,gender:unknown,hideminor:0,hidepatrolled:0,highlightbroken:1,imagesize:2,justify:0,math:1,minordefault:0,newpageshidepatrolled:0,nocache:0,noconvertlink:0,norollbackdiff:0,numberheadings:0,previewonfirst:0,previewontop:1,quickbar:1,rcdays:7,rclimit:50,rememberpassword:0,rows:25,searchlimit:20,showhiddencats:0,showjumplinks:1,shownumberswatching:1,showtoc:1,showtoolbar:1,skin:vector,stubthreshold:0,thumbsize:4,underline:2,uselivepreview:0,usenewrc:0,watchcreations:1,watchdefault:0,watchdeletion:0,watchlistdays:3,watchlisthideanons:0,watchlisthidebots:0,watchlisthideliu:0,watchlisthideminor:0,watchlisthideown:0,watchlisthidepatrolled:0,watchmoves:0,wllimit:250,flaggedrevssimpleui:1,flaggedrevsstable:false,flaggedrevseditdiffs:true,flaggedrevsviewdiffs:false,vector-simplesearch:1,useeditwarning:1,vector-collapsiblenav:1,usebetatoolbar:1,usebetatoolbar-cgd:1,variant:en,language:en,searchNs0:true,searchNs1:false,searchNs2:false,searchNs3:false,searchNs4:false,searchNs5:false,searchNs6:false,searchNs7:false,searchNs8:false,searchNs9:false,searchNs10:false,searchNs11:false,searchNs12:false,searchNs13:false,searchNs14:false,searchNs15:false,searchNs100:false,searchNs101:false,searchNs108:false,searchNs109:false});mediaWiki.loader.state({user.options:ready});/* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-js:3:ae2156c08a06314b12473d37e57711e2 */} if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha();