Eugenia Argiewicz | |
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Born | 16 June 1887 Warsaw |
Died | March 1969 San Francisco |
Nationality | Polish, American |
Other names | Eugenie Argiewicz, Eugenia Argiewicz Bem, Eugenia Bem, Genia Bem |
Occupation | Violinist |
Eugenia Argiewicz (16 June 1887 – March 1969), later Eugenia Argiewicz Bem, was a Polish violinist based in San Francisco, California for much of her career.
Eugenia Argiewicz was born in Warsaw. Her father sold military uniforms. She started studying music as a small child, and trained with violinist Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels. [1] Her brother Artur Argiewicz was also a noted violinist, [2] [3] [4] and they sometimes performed together. [5] Artur and their mother also moved to San Francisco. [6] Another brother, Bernard, was a professional cellist based in Detroit and Philadelphia. [7]
Argiewicz performed in major European cities as a girl. [8] She moved to the United States in the 1910s. She was a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, [9] In 1917 she accompanied British cellist May Mukle when she performed in Sacramento, [10] and in the 1924–1925 season she played violin in the San Francisco Symphony. [2] [11] [12] "Mme. Bem is intense and emotional," commented one Los Angeles reviewer in 1918, "but plays with a musicianly manner and her style is fresh and invigorating." [13]
Argiewicz and her husband led the Stanislas Bem Little Orchestra, [8] which performed at San Francisco's Whitcomb Hotel; [1] they were among the first musicians to perform on KFRC radio when it began broadcasting in 1924, from the roof of the same hotel. [9] They also played in a chamber trio with pianist Vladimir Shavitch, [14] until she was replaced in 1918. [15] She also played ragtime music. [16]
Eugenia Argiewicz married cellist Stanisław Bem in 1915, in San Francisco. They had a daughter, Vanda (1920-2008), who became a concert pianist and music educator. [17] Eugenia Argiewicz Bem was widowed in 1956, [18] and died in 1969, in San Francisco, aged 82 years. [1] Her granddaughter Gail Colman married San Francisco-based Spanish graphic artist Victor Moscoso. [19] Eugenia Bem's great-grandson Justin "Justo" Moscoso ran for a seat in Congress in 2000, as the Green Party candidate. [20]
Eugenia Argiewicz | |
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Born | 16 June 1887 Warsaw |
Died | March 1969 San Francisco |
Nationality | Polish, American |
Other names | Eugenie Argiewicz, Eugenia Argiewicz Bem, Eugenia Bem, Genia Bem |
Occupation | Violinist |
Eugenia Argiewicz (16 June 1887 – March 1969), later Eugenia Argiewicz Bem, was a Polish violinist based in San Francisco, California for much of her career.
Eugenia Argiewicz was born in Warsaw. Her father sold military uniforms. She started studying music as a small child, and trained with violinist Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels. [1] Her brother Artur Argiewicz was also a noted violinist, [2] [3] [4] and they sometimes performed together. [5] Artur and their mother also moved to San Francisco. [6] Another brother, Bernard, was a professional cellist based in Detroit and Philadelphia. [7]
Argiewicz performed in major European cities as a girl. [8] She moved to the United States in the 1910s. She was a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, [9] In 1917 she accompanied British cellist May Mukle when she performed in Sacramento, [10] and in the 1924–1925 season she played violin in the San Francisco Symphony. [2] [11] [12] "Mme. Bem is intense and emotional," commented one Los Angeles reviewer in 1918, "but plays with a musicianly manner and her style is fresh and invigorating." [13]
Argiewicz and her husband led the Stanislas Bem Little Orchestra, [8] which performed at San Francisco's Whitcomb Hotel; [1] they were among the first musicians to perform on KFRC radio when it began broadcasting in 1924, from the roof of the same hotel. [9] They also played in a chamber trio with pianist Vladimir Shavitch, [14] until she was replaced in 1918. [15] She also played ragtime music. [16]
Eugenia Argiewicz married cellist Stanisław Bem in 1915, in San Francisco. They had a daughter, Vanda (1920-2008), who became a concert pianist and music educator. [17] Eugenia Argiewicz Bem was widowed in 1956, [18] and died in 1969, in San Francisco, aged 82 years. [1] Her granddaughter Gail Colman married San Francisco-based Spanish graphic artist Victor Moscoso. [19] Eugenia Bem's great-grandson Justin "Justo" Moscoso ran for a seat in Congress in 2000, as the Green Party candidate. [20]