Stefan Frenkel
Stefan Frenkel (21 November 1902 – 1 March 1979),[1] born in Warsaw and in later years resident in America, was a violinist, academic and composer.
Life
Frenkel was born in Warsaw in 1902, a son of businessman Adam Frenkel and wife Berta. At the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin he studied violin with Adolf Busch and Carl Flesch, and composition with Friedrich Koch. He became concertmaster of the Dresden Philharmonic in 1924.[1]
At this time he also gave concerts as soloist and in chamber music, and performed contemporary music in the series of concerts organized by the pianist Paul Aron, the "Neue Musik Paul Aron". He gave the premieres of Josef Suk's "Phantasie" for violin and orchestra, and of Kurt Weill's concerto for violin and wind orchestra. He left Dresden in 1926, and appeared as soloist at venues in Germany, playing works by contemporary composers, including the premiere in 1929 of his own concerto for violin and string orchestra.[1][2]
From 1933, in
He was a violin teacher at
Frenkel died in 1979 at his home in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. He was survived by his wife Lotte, children Sonja and Thomas, and a granddaughter.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Stefan Frenkel" Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit. University of Hamburg. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Stefan Frenkel, at 73" The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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