Famous violinist and violin teacher of the last third of the 19th and first decades of the 20th centuries; Hungarian born, taught in Russia and later in the United States; many very famous pupils. Who was he?

zbeckabee

Leopold Auer (1845-1930) Hungarian-Russian violinist, born in Veszprém, Hungary. Auer was particularly known as a great violin teacher; his pupils included the American violinists Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz. Conservatory of St. Petersburg - Auer was appointed professor of violin at that institution in 1868. In 1926 he became an American citizen. http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556749/Auer_Leopold.html Dec 04 07, 11:05 AM

Cem1942

YES sir! But a slight correction. Both Heifetz and Elman were Russians, not Americans. Dec 04 07, 4:40 PM

zbeckabee

The Elman family moved to the United States, and Mischa became a citizen in 1923. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischa_Elman Heifetz became an American citizen in 1925. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jascha_Heifetz Dec 04 07, 4:47 PM

Cem1942

Well, in Argentina a person nacionality depends of the place where he was borne. So a native russian is a russian, and his nacionality never change. Citizenship is a different subject. But even a russian who gets argentine citizenship, will always be a russian, and never an argentine-russian. So, for us,Heifetz and Elman were russians with american citizenship. Dec 05 07, 11:40 AM

zbeckabee

Mischa Elman was a Ukrainian born American. Jascha Heifetz was a Lithuanian born American. Regardless of one's definition of nationality or citizenship, Elman and Heifetz are both considered American violinists. http://www.fas.org/news/reference/probert/C9.HTM Dec 05 07, 2:05 PM

zbeckabee

Ah, I neglected to say that Argentina's approach to nationality and citizenship is quite common and very understandable. The whole thing can become quite confusing, can't it? Dec 05 07, 2:30 PM