Jascha Heifetz

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Name: Jascha Heifetz
Date of Birth: February 02, 1901
Place of Birth: Wilno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Mini-bio: Composer and violinist. He came to the USA in 1917, became a citizen in
1925, and joined ASCAP in 1937. He was educated at the Royal School of Music
in Vilna (which he entered at five and from which...( read more)

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Jascha Heifetz mini-bio: Composer and violinist. He came to the USA in 1917, became a citizen in 1925, and joined ASCAP in 1937. He was educated at the Royal School of Music in Vilna (which he entered at five and from which he graduated at nine), the St. Petersburg Conservatory (with Leopold Auer, earning an Honorary Music Degree), the New York College of Music, and Northwestern University. His first professional appearance was at age five, during which he gave his first concert, then at St. Petersburg, in 1911, in Berlin in 1912, and at Carnegie Hall in 1917. Eventually he concertized throughout the world, and made many recordings, becoming also a Commander in the French Legion of Honor. He also composed several populaar songs, among them "When You Make Love to Me" and "So Much in Love". Date of Death: 11 December 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA.