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Irwin Eisenberg (1919-July 3, 2014) He was an American violinist and string quartet player. He is remembered for his tenures with the St. Louis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and Philadelphia String Quartet.
Life and career
[edit]Eisenberg was a member of the St. Louis Symphony, and founded the St. Louis String Quartet. After several seasons with the symphony, Eisenberg joined the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he served as the assistant principal second violinist. Eastman School of Music lists him as an alumnus who was in the Philadelphia Orchestra.[1] Eisenberg was part of the String Art Quartet. [2]
In 1960, he co-founded the Philadelphia String Quartet, with whom he was the second violinist. The other members were Veda Reynolds, first violinist; Alan Iglitzin, violist and Charles Brennand, cellist. While the members were still playing with the Philadelphia Orchestra, they worked as a quartet, culminating in a six-concert Carnegie Hall debut.[3] [4]
In 1966, Irv, as he was known to colleagues, and the quartet departed the Philadelphia Orchestra.[5] They became quartet-in-residence at the University of Washington in Seattle. Time Magazine published an article on their departure on Oct.7, 1966[6] Over their 17-year residency, the quartet performed extensively at the University of Washington. [7][8][9]
They made tours of South America, Europe[10]and the United States.[11] In 1968, the US State Department invited the Philadelphia String Quartet to become the first American string quartet to perform in India. Eisenberg was a champion of living composers and the quartet performed many new works and premiers. [12] [13] Irv and the quartet also performed as part of the UW Contemporary Group which played all new music.[14]
He also performed as a substitute player with the Seattle Symphony and as a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra.[15]
Irv commissioned new works, including a solo violin piece by long-time colleague at the University of Washington music department, composer Robert Suderberg. [1] He also performed as a guest violinist with other ensembles.[16]
Teaching career
[edit]Eisenberg was the director of the Chamber Music Institute at the Olympic Music Festival and coached with the non-profit organization, Chamber Music Madness. Irv taught private violin pupils since 1938. In 2004, he was named "Teacher of the Year" by the Washington division of the American String Teacher .[17]
Early life and personal life
[edit]Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Irwin began his violin studies with Scipione Guidi, who was concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony. Eisenberg attended the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Gustave Tinlot. Subsequently Eisenberg went to New York to study with Raphael Bronstein.
Eisenberg was married to Sheila Portnoy, with whom he had two sons. In 1986, Irv married the artist Teresa Malinowski. Irv's sons are David of San Francisco, and Don. who works with his holiness, the Dalai Lama, in Dharamsala, India.[18] When the Dalai Lama came to visit Seattle, Irv and family hosted him at the Eisenberg home.
References
[edit]- ^ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/ESM/1963ESM.pdf
- ^ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/gallery-archives/concertprograms/1950-1960/1951-1952/15A4_69122_19520406-19520427.pdf
- ^ "About: String Quartet No. 1, BB 52". data.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "PHILADELPHIA STRING QUARTET | THE NORTHWEST MUSIC ARCHIVES". nwmusicarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "Eugene Ormandy papers - Philadelphia Area Archives". findingaids.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ TIME (1966-10-07). "Orchestras: Flying the Coop". TIME. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://digital.lib.washington.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/8048e96b-ba3f-43bf-b786-2e669d337f52/content
- ^ "Nov.1 1974 PSQ Program.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "Oct 10 1980 PSQ Program.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "Konzerte". www.kammermusik.org. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb74416130/_2.pdf
- ^ "DRAM: Irwin Eisenberg". www.dramonline.org. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://digital.lib.washington.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/16bf5db2-dc0c-4a21-9f47-9e5a97cd2c13/content
- ^ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://digital.lib.washington.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/5ca5c0d8-75da-46de-a465-b216674f2b59/content
- ^ Punt, Rodney. "Nutcracker is Evergreen for Pacific NW Ballet Musicians". Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://digital.lib.washington.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/6a4b58d4-5cf0-4fcb-b048-33d87be780af/content
- ^ "Arts briefs: Violinist Irv Eisenberg named teacher of the year | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ Jolliffe, Michael (2016-11-01). "Strasbourg, France Hosts His Holiness the Dalai Lama". FPMT. Retrieved 2024-11-07.