OLIVEIRA, ELMAR (b 1950 )Elmar Oliveira, violin
The son of Portuguese immigrants, American violinist ELMAR OLIVEIRA
was nine when he began studying the violin with his brother John, and he later
continued his studies with Ariana Bronne and Raphael Bronstein at the Hartt
College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. The only American violinist
to win the gold medal at Moscow's Tchaikovsky International Competition, he
was the first violinist to receive the coveted Avery Fisher Prize, and he also
won first prizes at the Naumburg and Dealey competitions. He appears throughout
the world and has premiered works by such composers as Charles Wuorinen, Joan
Tower, Andrzej Panufnik, Benjamin Lees, Leonard Rosenman, Hugh Aitken, and Richard
Yardumian, and has performed infrequently heard concertos by Alberto Ginastera,
Einoujuhani Rautavaara, and Joseph Joachim. Among his many recordings is the
Grammy-nominated performance of Barber's Violin Concerto with Leonard Slatkin
and the St. Louis Symphony. Of special significance are a CD featuring Oliveira
performing on some of the world's greatest violins (fifteen by Stradivari and
fifteen by Guarneri "del Gesu") and his recording of short pieces
spotlighting rare violins from the Library of Congress collection.
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