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Bronislav Gimpel (January 29, 1911 – May 1, 1979)[1] was a Polish-American violinist, and teacher. He was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary, part of Polish Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine), to a family of Jewish origin. Gimpel's grandfather, Jaakov Ber Gimpel, created the Jewish Theatre in Lviv. Gimpel's father, Samuel, originally a clarinetist, also played violin and conducted the small theatre orchestra in which Bronislav played aged about eight.[2] Gimpel's older brother, Jakob Gimpel, was a noted concert pianist who also recorded music for motion pictures. His oldest brother Carol was also a gifted pianist and accompanied Bronislav on his concert tour in Italy in 1926.[3]
- ^ The Penguin Dictionary of Musical Performers, by Arthur Jacobs, Viking, 1990, ISBN 0-670-80755-9
- ^ Roth, Henry (1997). Violin virtuosos : from Paganini to the 21st century. Los Angeles: California Classic Books. p. 267.
- ^ "Il violinista Gimpel al "Valle"". La Tribuna. 12 June 1926. p. 3.