Primrose

Japanese: プリムローズ

A Scottish viola player. A virtuoso performer who brought the viola, which was a rather modest instrument among string instruments, to the forefront as a solo instrument. He learned the violin in his hometown of Glasgow, and in 1925 studied under Ysaïe in Belgium. His teacher recommended him to switch to the viola. In addition to his solo career, he was active in chamber music with Heifetz and Feuermann, and from 1938 to 1942, he was selected by Toscanini to serve as principal viola in the NBC Symphony Orchestra. In his final years, he commissioned Bartók to write a Viola Concerto (premiered in 1949), contributing to the expansion of the viola repertoire. He settled in the United States in 1937 and obtained U.S. citizenship in 1955. He was also an excellent teacher, teaching at American universities and at the Tokyo University of the Arts from 1972 to 1974. →Bashmet/Fournier→Related topics NBC Symphony Orchestra

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Japanese:

スコットランド出身のビオラ奏者。弦楽器では地味な存在だったビオラに，独奏楽器としての輝きを与えた名演奏家。生地グラスゴーでバイオリンを学び，1925年ベルギーでイザイエに師事。師の勧めでビオラに転じる。独奏活動のほかハイフェッツやフォイアマンらと室内楽に活躍し，1938年−1942年トスカニーニの抜擢でNBC交響楽団の首席を務めた。最晩年のバルトークに《ビオラ協奏曲》（初演1949年）を委嘱するなど，ビオラのレパートリー拡大にも寄与。1937年米国に定住し1955年米国市民権を取得。教師としてもすぐれ，米国の大学で指導に当たったほか1972年−1974年には東京芸術大学でも教鞭(きょうべん)をとった。→バシュメット／フルニエ
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