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and in festivals in Europe and Asia. Wirh Peter Bartok, he recently made a revised ver sion of the Bartok Viola Concerto. Neubauer has appeared in many radio and television concerts in New York, Ar gentina, Brazil , Mexico, Canada, England, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Yugoslavia. Wi th the New York Philharmonic, he was soloist in the New York premiere of Pen derecki's Viola Concerto, with the composer conducting. Paul has performed with many orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Narional Symphony, the Orchestra ofSr. Luke's, the San Francisco Symphony, the Sr. Louis Symphony, the Bavarian State Radio Orches tra, the English Chamber O rchestra (where he gave the world premiere of Gordon Jacob's Viola Concerto No. 2) and the Bournemouth Symphony. He has recorded extensively and his CD of the Walton Viola Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony and Andrew Litton will be released soon. His awards are many, including first prize at the Terris International Viola Competition. These are but seven of the many fine and talented violists who were touched by Will iam Primrose. To quote Henri Temianka once again: "Through his teaching, Primrose left a tremendous legacy." I have thought back to my own lessons with William Primrose. They were special moments in my music education . I instinc tively pulled our some old recordings and after listening to much extraordinary playing, I thought of an old review which appeared in the 1950s in High Fidelity magazine of Prim rose's recording of the Walton Viola Concerto and Hindemith's Der Schwandreher. The re viewer starred by asking something to the ef fect: "Is William Primrose the Greatest Suing Player of All?" That's a rough one ro answer, bur he is certainly up there with the very best of this century's most gifred artists, and some ofhis former students are right behind him.

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Paul Neubauer

PAUL NEUBAUER comes from Los An geles and is a graduate of the Juilliard School. He studied with Primrose late in Primrose's life. At age rwenry-one, he was appointed principal violist of the New York Philhar monic, the youngest principal string player in its history. He replaced Walter Trampler as the violist in the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Players, a prestigious posicion. He has performed widely in the U.S. and as a soloist