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Samuel Isaacovich Furer

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Samuel Isaacovich Furer

Birth
Odessa, Odesa Raion, Odeska, Ukraine
Death
20 Jun 1979 (aged 70)
Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Burial
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia Add to Map
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Soviet composer, a phenomenal ability who gave his first solo concert. In 1924, he entered the Moscow Conservatory in the class of Professor L.M. Tseytlina, which was very bright creative. In a class of young Zeitlin, he improved during students under Zeitlin was a lot of talented violinists - M.Zatulovsky, B.Fishman, R.Sobolevsky and A.Gorohov, and professor of the Moscow Conservatory of B.Belenky. During his studies at the conservatory in 1928, Furer he became a soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic, and remains so until the end of life. In 1932 he formed teams of artists to perform in remote parts of the USSR. From the memories of the composer Lev Knipper, published in 1978: "Many years have passed, and some cases of memory captured with clarity film frame. In 1933, the first All-Union competition of musicians under S.Furer, a brilliant made (the composition of the participants was very strong), and took third place. All stated his bright personality and artistic virtuosity. A few years later, he took Wieniawski International Competition and Eugene Ysaye, where Russian musicians were brilliant, but they were send to late. It was, of course, a political decision, and the reasons for this is so still and clear. He toured extensively on the Soviet Union, and after the war, he went to Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Finland and other European countries. His dizzying virtuosity and magic sound compared with the game Jascha Heifetz. State Collection of him was given a wonderful Stradivarius violin, which he played Furer life. He had the title of Honored Artist of Russia. Here is an excerpt from a review of his concert: "Spontaneously-emotional beginning, the strongest internal" pressure "to a large extent determines the shape of the performing Furer. The power of dynamic swells, grand climaxes seemed to go beyond the violin sound. Artist likes to resort to the "broad strokes," juicy, "open", the sound is very intense ... Even small details become his scale, the weight. "The author was frequently at concerts Furer, remembers an unforgettable performance of his "Kreutzer Sonata" by Beethoven with an almost orchestral sound and believes that the sound of his violin was the best among the great Russian violinists of the time, and his name will forever be included in the golden are of Art of the Violin, who was the hero of his music.
Soviet composer, a phenomenal ability who gave his first solo concert. In 1924, he entered the Moscow Conservatory in the class of Professor L.M. Tseytlina, which was very bright creative. In a class of young Zeitlin, he improved during students under Zeitlin was a lot of talented violinists - M.Zatulovsky, B.Fishman, R.Sobolevsky and A.Gorohov, and professor of the Moscow Conservatory of B.Belenky. During his studies at the conservatory in 1928, Furer he became a soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic, and remains so until the end of life. In 1932 he formed teams of artists to perform in remote parts of the USSR. From the memories of the composer Lev Knipper, published in 1978: "Many years have passed, and some cases of memory captured with clarity film frame. In 1933, the first All-Union competition of musicians under S.Furer, a brilliant made (the composition of the participants was very strong), and took third place. All stated his bright personality and artistic virtuosity. A few years later, he took Wieniawski International Competition and Eugene Ysaye, where Russian musicians were brilliant, but they were send to late. It was, of course, a political decision, and the reasons for this is so still and clear. He toured extensively on the Soviet Union, and after the war, he went to Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Finland and other European countries. His dizzying virtuosity and magic sound compared with the game Jascha Heifetz. State Collection of him was given a wonderful Stradivarius violin, which he played Furer life. He had the title of Honored Artist of Russia. Here is an excerpt from a review of his concert: "Spontaneously-emotional beginning, the strongest internal" pressure "to a large extent determines the shape of the performing Furer. The power of dynamic swells, grand climaxes seemed to go beyond the violin sound. Artist likes to resort to the "broad strokes," juicy, "open", the sound is very intense ... Even small details become his scale, the weight. "The author was frequently at concerts Furer, remembers an unforgettable performance of his "Kreutzer Sonata" by Beethoven with an almost orchestral sound and believes that the sound of his violin was the best among the great Russian violinists of the time, and his name will forever be included in the golden are of Art of the Violin, who was the hero of his music.

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