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Oct 9, 2018 · Three years after his death, my father, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, made headlines all over the world when his beloved Stradivarius violin, stolen 35 years earlier, was recovered by the...
May 12, 2012 · [Roman Totenberg was a child prodigy who became a violin virtuoso, as well as a master teacher who passed along his command of craft and his love of music — and life — to thousands.
May 9, 2012 · May 9, 2012. 7. Susan Seligson. It’s the end of an era. Just days before his death Tuesday morning, 101-year-old Roman Totenberg lay in bed at his Newton home, listening to a student play the Brahms violin concerto. “Slow down,” he told her, according to a blog entry yesterday by S. I. Rosenbaum on the Boston Phoenix website.
Roman Totenberg, 1911-2012. Roman Totenberg’s career as a world renowned virtuoso violinist and revered teacher spanned nine decades and four continents. His extraordinary life is documented in thousands of pages of music, correspondence, photographs, programs, videos and other material now in the Library of Congress Music Division.
Roman Totenberg – Biography. Mr. Totenberg was born in Poland on January 1, 1911 and was a child prodigy.
Roman Totenberg - autobiography - life story | Roman Totenberg. Early Years. Roman Totenberg, In His Own Words. Professor Totenberg’s recollections of his early years drawn from interviews by Leon Botstein, who had studied with Totenberg, and Allan Evans, covering life up to 1938.
May 9, 2012 · Concert violinist Roman Totenberg died yesterday. He was 101 years old. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Mr. Totenberg was a renowned musician, a performer and teacher - and someone with a familiar name to many, because he was also the father of our legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg. Roman Totenberg's talent surfaced early.
