Sara Begovic (12) Henryk Wieniawski Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16Sara Begovic (12) Henryk Wieniawski Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16 This video was recorded by Sony Ericsson mobile phone k850i. Henryk Wieniawski (10 July 1835 31 March 1880) was a Polish violinist and composer. He was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, into a Jewish family. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early on, and in 1843 he entered the Paris Conservatoire. After graduation, Wieniawski toured extensively, giving many recitals on which he was often accompanied by his brother Józef on piano. In 1847 Henryk Wieniawski published his first opus, a Grand Caprice Fantastique, the start of a modest but important catalog of 24 opus numbers. When his engagement to Isabella Hampton was opposed by her parents, Wieniawski wrote Légende, Op. 17; this work helped the parents change their mind, and the couple married in 1860. At the invitation of Anton Rubinstein, Wieniawski moved to St. Petersburg, where he lived from 1860 to 1872, teaching many violin students and leading the orchestra and string quartet of the Russian Musical Society. From 1872 to 1874 Wieniawski toured the United States with Rubinstein. In 1875 Wieniawski replaced Henri Vieuxtemps as violin professor at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. During his residence in Brussels, Wieniawski's health was in obvious decline, often stopping him in the middle of concerts. He started a tour of Russia in 1879, but was unable to complete it. He was taken to hospital in Odessa after a concert; on 14 February 1880 Tchaikovsky's patroness Nadezhda von Meck took him in to her home and provided him with medical attention. His friends arranged a benefit concert for him to help provide for his family. He died in Moscow a few weeks later, from a heart attack. He is interred in the Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw. His daughter Régine Wieniawski, born in Brussels the year before his death, also became a composer. She published her early works as "Irène Wieniawska", but after marrying Sir Aubrey Dean Paul and becoming a British subject, she used the pseudonym "Poldowski". Henryk Wieniawski was considered a violinist of genius and wrote some of the most important works in the violin repertoire, including two extremely difficult violin concertos, the second of which (in D minor, 1862) is more often performed than the first (in F? minor, 1853). His "L'Ecole Moderne, 10 Etudes-Caprices" is a very well-known and required work for aspiring violinists. His Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16 and Légende, Op. 17 are also frequently performed works. He also wrote two popular mazurkas for solo violin and piano accompaniment (the second one, Obertas, in G Major), using techniques such as left-hand pizzicato, harmonics, large leaps, and many double stops. Wieniawski has been given a number of posthumous honors. His portrait appeared on a postage stamp of Poland in 1952 and again in 1957. A 100 Zloty coin was issued in 1979 bearing his image. What is sometimes called the "Russian bow grip" ought to be called the "Wieniawski bow grip": Wieniawski taught his students his own kind of very stiff bowing that allowed him to play a "devil's staccato" with ease. The first violin competition named after Wieniawski took place in Warsaw in 1935. Ginette Neveu took first prize, David Oistrakh second, and Henri Temianka third. The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition has been held every five years since 1952. code pour embarquer la vidéo : >>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/RlcyKb0ldkE <<< |