Ivan Galamian - leading American vilonist teacher (1903-1981

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Ivan Galamian was born in 1903 and died in 1981. After violin studies with Konstantin Mostras in Moscow and Lucien Capet in Paris, Galamian came to the United States in 1937 and quickly established himself as a leading violin teacher, with appointments to the faculties of the Curtis Institute and Julliard, and the establishment of his own summer school at Meadowmount. He published two method books on the violin: Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching and Contemporary Violin Technique. Galamian's students include such notables as Michael Rabin, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman, and Jamie Laredo.

In 1990 Galamian's widow donated her husband's personal collection of scores to the Music Library. The Ivan Galamian Collection contains 210 items, including scores given to Galamian by his teachers, Mostras and Capet. All the scores in this collection feature fingerings, bowings, and other markings written in Galamian's hand, and provide valuable insights into his approach to teaching and performing these works.

 

As rare material these scores do not circulate, but may be viewed under the supervision of Music Library staff members. Most of these scores are copies of commercially available items currently under copyright, and therefore cannot be microfilmed.

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Ivan Alexander Galamian (January 23, 1903–April 14, 1981) was the most influential violin teacher of the latter Twentieth Century.

He was born in Tabriz, Persia, to Armenians from Russia, but his family soon emigrated to Moscow, Russia. Galamian studied violin at the School of the Philharmonic Society there with Konstantin Mostras (a student of Leopold Auer) until his graduation in 1919. He moved to Paris, France, during the Bolshevik Revolution and studied under Lucien Capet in 1922 and 1923. In 1924 he debuted in Paris. Due to a combination of nerves, health, and a fondness for teaching, Galamian eventually gave up the stage in order to teach full-time. He became a faculty member of the Russian Conservatory in Paris, where he taught from 1925 until 1929. His earliest pupils in Paris include Vida Reynolds, the first woman in the Philadelphia Orchestra's first violin section, and Paul Makanowitzky. The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Lucien Capet (January 8, 1873 - December 18, 1928) was a French violinist and composer. ...

 

In 1937 Galamian moved permanently to the United States of America. In 1941 he married Judith Johnson in New York City. He taught violin at the Curtis Institute of Music beginning in 1944, and became the head of the violin department at the Juilliard School in 1946. He wrote two violin method books, Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching (1962) and Contemporary Violin Technique (1962). Galamian incorporated aspects of both the Russian and French schools of violin technique in his approach. Galamian founded the summer program Meadowmount School of Music in Westport, NY. Some of his most well known pupils are Michael Rabin, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Kyung-Wha Chung, Glenn Dicterow, David Nadien, Erick Friedman, Jaime Laredo, Arnold Steinhardt, Charles Castleman, Miriam Fried, James Buswell, Sergiu Luca, Charles Treger, Ani and Ida Kavafian, Kaoru Kakudo, Ray Dotoratos, Chin Kim, Eugene Fodor, Daniel Phillips, Berl Senofsky, Betty Jean Hagen, Young Uck Kim, Stuart Canin, Eugene Sarbu, Dong-Suk Kang, Gregory Fulkerson, Simon Standage, and Kate Stenberg of Del Sol Quartet. Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic - President George W. Bush ® - Vice President Dick Cheney ® Independence - Declared - Recognized... The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... The Juilliard School is one of the worlds premiere performing arts conservatory located in New York City, it is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and trains in the fields of Dance, Drama, and Music. ... In music, a method is a kind of textbook for a specified musical instrument or a selected problem of playing a certain instrument. ... The Meadowmount School of Music , founded in 1944, by Ivan Galamian, is a 7-week summer school for accomplished young violinists, violists, cellists, and pianists training for professional careers in music. ... Michael Rabin (May 2, 1936 - January 19, 1972, USA) was a violin virtuoso who studied under Ivan Galamian, who regarded Rabin as“ no weaknesses, never. ... Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue. ...:Zukerman. ... Kyung-Wha Chung (born in Seoul, South Korea in 1948) is a Korean violinist. ... Glenn Dicterow Glenn Dicterow (born December 23, 1948), is an American violinist and is currently concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. ... Jaime Laredo (born June 7, 1941 in Cochabamba, Bolivia) is a violinist and conductor. ... Arnold Steinhardt is a violinist who is best known as the first violin of the Guarneri String Quartet. ... Eugene Fodor (born March 5, 1950 in Turkey Creek, Colorado) is an American violin virtuoso. ... Simon Andrew Thomas Standage (born 8th November 1941 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is an English violinist and conductor best known for playing and conducting music of the baroque and classical eras on original instruments. ... Del Sol String Quartet in 2007. ...

 

His most notable teaching assistants — later distinguished teachers in their own right — were Margaret Pardee, Dorothy Delay, Sally Thomas, Pauline Scott, Robert Lipsett, Lewis Kaplan, and David Cerone. Dorothy DeLay (March 31, 1917 in Kansas – March 24, 2002 in New York) was a violin instructor at the Juilliard School. ... Jusice Sally Thomas Sally Gordon Thomas AM (7 Aug 1939 - ) is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. ... Robert Lipsett is a renowned violin teacher in Los Angeles, California. ... Lewis Kaplan is an American violinist. ... David Cerone is current president of the Cleveland Institute of Music, as well as being a member of the schools distinguished violin faculty. ...

 

Galamian held honorary degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin College, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. He also was an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, London. The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... Oberlin College is a small liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. ... The Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the nations leading independent music

Galamian held honorary degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin College, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. He also was an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, London. The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... Oberlin College is a small liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. ... The Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the nations leading independent music conservatories. ... The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) is a constituent college of the University of London, and is one of the worlds leading music institutions. ...

Edited September 14, 2008 by Arpa