Zino francescatti robert casadesus biography

Both parents were violinists. His father, who also played the cello, had studied with Camillo Sivori.

Zino Francescatti and his wife, Yolande, had also been obliged to remain in the United States, where they found themselves in In the summer of they.

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 Beethoven's Violin Concerto. For three decades after he had an exceptionally impressive international career, living in the United States and France. A violinist of outstanding technical ability, Francescatti played all of the great concerti.

Francescatti made many renowned LPs, including a set of the complete Beethoven violin-piano sonatas with Robert Casadesus , a frequent musical collaborator of his.

René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti (9 August – 17 September ) was a French virtuoso violinist, renowned for his lyrical playing style.

Both in concerts and on disc, he performed on the celebrated "Hart" Stradivarius of Francescatti was also very active as an editor of classical repertoire for International Music Company, which continues to publish his work. In , an international violin competition was organized in his honor in Aix-en-Provence. He died in La Ciotat , aged Contents move to sidebar hide.

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