Margarita Mandelstamm | |
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Born | June 1, 1895 Riga, Russian Empire |
Died | February 11, 1962 Los Angeles, California, US |
Other names | Margarita Selinsky |
Occupation(s) | Violinist, music educator |
Spouse | Max Selinsky |
Relatives | Elsa Gidoni (sister) |
Margarita Mandelstamm (June 1, 1895 [1] – February 11, 1962), in Russian Маргари́та Фа́йвушевна (Па́вловна) Мандельшта́м, later known as Margarita Selinsky, was a violinist born in Riga, and based in the United States after 1921.
Margarita Mandelstamm was born in Riga (then in the Russian Empire), [2] the daughter of Faivush (Pavel) Mandelstamm and Minna Mandelstamm. Her family was Jewish. Her father was a medical doctor in the Russian Army. Her younger sister was architect Elsa Gidoni. [3] [4] Mandelstamm trained as a violinist in Berlin with Willy Hess, and at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with Leopold Auer. [5]
Mandelstamm made her concert debut in Saint Petersburg in 1915. In 1917, during World War I, she and her family were held for several weeks in a German refugee camp in Ukraine, briefly returned to Riga, then moved to Berlin. She played with the Berlin Philharmonic, and in recitals there. [6] In 1921, she moved to the United States with her American husband, Max Selinsky, a fellow musician. The Selinskys gave their first American recital at New York's Aeolian Hall, [7] [8] and toured North America playing rarely-heard violin duets through the 1920s and 1930s. [9] [10] [11] In 1940 they performed with their pianist daughter in 1940 as the Selinsky Trio. [12]
Mandelstamm married American violinist Max Selinsky in 1920. [5] They had a son, Victor, who became an artist and art teacher, [13] and a daughter, Xenia, who became a pianist [14] and performed with her parents from an early age. [15] [16] Margarita Selinsky died in 1962, in Los Angeles, aged 66 years. [17]
Margarita Mandelstamm | |
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Born | June 1, 1895 Riga, Russian Empire |
Died | February 11, 1962 Los Angeles, California, US |
Other names | Margarita Selinsky |
Occupation(s) | Violinist, music educator |
Spouse | Max Selinsky |
Relatives | Elsa Gidoni (sister) |
Margarita Mandelstamm (June 1, 1895 [1] – February 11, 1962), in Russian Маргари́та Фа́йвушевна (Па́вловна) Мандельшта́м, later known as Margarita Selinsky, was a violinist born in Riga, and based in the United States after 1921.
Margarita Mandelstamm was born in Riga (then in the Russian Empire), [2] the daughter of Faivush (Pavel) Mandelstamm and Minna Mandelstamm. Her family was Jewish. Her father was a medical doctor in the Russian Army. Her younger sister was architect Elsa Gidoni. [3] [4] Mandelstamm trained as a violinist in Berlin with Willy Hess, and at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with Leopold Auer. [5]
Mandelstamm made her concert debut in Saint Petersburg in 1915. In 1917, during World War I, she and her family were held for several weeks in a German refugee camp in Ukraine, briefly returned to Riga, then moved to Berlin. She played with the Berlin Philharmonic, and in recitals there. [6] In 1921, she moved to the United States with her American husband, Max Selinsky, a fellow musician. The Selinskys gave their first American recital at New York's Aeolian Hall, [7] [8] and toured North America playing rarely-heard violin duets through the 1920s and 1930s. [9] [10] [11] In 1940 they performed with their pianist daughter in 1940 as the Selinsky Trio. [12]
Mandelstamm married American violinist Max Selinsky in 1920. [5] They had a son, Victor, who became an artist and art teacher, [13] and a daughter, Xenia, who became a pianist [14] and performed with her parents from an early age. [15] [16] Margarita Selinsky died in 1962, in Los Angeles, aged 66 years. [17]