Violinmaker Hans Benning Remembers Violinist Jascha Heifetz

[AndrewMeronek]

Why the hell does this not have 1M+ views??? This is fantastic!!! For every engineer who wants to make a mark!

[Posaunus]

We have a (now elderly) friend, Peter, here in Southern California whose father, a fine concert violinist when he was young, realized he couldn't compete on stage, so he became Jascha Heifetz's artistic manager (and subsequently managed the careers of Vladimir Horowitz, Gregor Piatigorsky, and José Iturbi). We have heard many tales from Peter of their relationship with Heifetz, which was warm and friendly, and of the chamber music in their living room with all of them playing together just for fun.

[elmsandr]

To quote Rowlf the dog “I’m no Heifitz, but I get by.”

One of my favorite throw away lines from the Muppet Movie.

Cheers,
Andy