Gerhard Taschner
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1922-05-25
- Active to
- 1976-07-21
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Taschner was born in Krnov (in German, Jägerndorf), Czechoslovakia, of Moravian origins.[1] After studying with his grandfather,[2] he played Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5[3] at his debut in Prague, when aged only 7. He studied with Jenő Hubay in Budapest 1930-32, and with Bronisław Huberman and Adolf Bak in Vienna. At age 10, he played three concertos with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner.[2] By age 17, having undertaken tours in the United States and Germany,[2] he was co
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerhard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Krnov
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- German
- Instrument
- violin
- Work location
- Brno
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- 1922-05-25
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- 1976-07-21
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