JAVS Spring 1985

Buenos Aires Phi lharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Bueno Aires String Quartet which was created in 1984. She performed as a soloist with the . Philharmonic Orchestra in Harold in ~ Don Quixote, Mozart's Sinfonla Concertante and, in May 1985, she will be play1ng Walton's Concerto. She has given first performances of a number of works by Argentine composers. She is a restless artist who 1S continuously working on renewing her repertoire and who also is interested in new compositions. Oscar Lysy, brother of Alberto LysYJ the vtountst, received further tratntnq 1n Europe w1th Yehud1 Menuh1n, arnonq others. He 15 at present ormcioa: v 1 0 11 st w 1th the Bayrl sene Rundfunk Orchestra 1n Munlch where he has performed 1mportant works as soloist. He also is a member of the superb Munlch Strlng rnc. lwtll be forgiven if I add a few words about the {inal member of five violists: myself. I was born in 1943 in Buenos Aires and began to study vlo1a at a very early age with Hilde Helnttz Weil and later with Ljerko Spiller, both of whom have already beenmentloned. I later completed my training in Europe with Alberto Lysy, Walter Trampler, Ernst Wal1flsch, Yehudi Menuhln, Bruno Giuranna, Frederick Rlddle and Cecll Aronowitz. the latter two at the Royal Col lege of Music· In London WhlCh I attended w·lth a British Counei 1 Fellowship. Since its creation in 1967, I have been viola soloist with the

The Present Generation

The five violists Who, 1n my . jUdgement, are the best known performers today have all stuctec w1th Ljerko .sotuer. Gustavo Massun, born 1n 1954, ts v1011st w1th the Natrona: Symphony Orchestra and ortnctpaj viola w1th the recently created Mayo Chamber Orchestra. With the latter, he very frequently performs as soloist.. Alan Kovacs, born in 1954, has been viola soloist for several years with the La Plata Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the Untverstty of La Plata String Quartet. In Argentlna, he studied with Spiller, and later received additional traintnq in Europe from Rainer Moog and Donald Mcinnes. He is a talented instrumentalist, artistically very serious and he also teaches. Two years ago, I had the opportunity to play Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.6 with him and it was a wonderful experience. We were both playing violas by the same maker, Vladimir Pilar, an exce llent maker who lives in Hradec Kralove, Czechos lovak ta MarcelaMagin, born in 1945, started studying vtola at the University of Rosario under my direction while I was teaching there. She then became my assistant. Later, she continued her studies with Spiller, and tnstena and Cornwall with Bruno Giuranna. She is at present principal violist with the

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