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Ysaye, Eugene

YSAYE, EUGENE (1858 - 1931)

The Belgian violinist Eug�ne-Auguste Ysa�e was among the leading virtuosi of his day, inspiring admiration rather than jealous rivalry from other great contemporary performers. Born in Li�ge in 1858, he was taught by his father, Nicolas-Joseph Isaye, a violinist and opera conductor, and entered the Li�ge Conservatoire in 1865, studying there with D. Heynberg. At the death of his mother in 1868 and after disagreement with his teacher, he left, accompanying his father on concert tours and playing in the orchestras the latter conducted. In 1872 he returned to Li�ge to study with Rodolphe and L�on Massart, completing his training there with distinction in 1874. He continued his studies with Wienawski in Brussels and later, from 1876 to 1879, with Vieuxtemps in Paris.

After leaving Paris, Ysa�e took a position as leader of the Bilse orchestra in Berlin, where he continued until 1882. The period brought concert tours through Scandinavia and Russia with Anton Rubinstein, a collaboration that he found helped his own musical development. In 1883 he returned to Paris, associating there with leading composers, including C�sar Franck and Camille Saint-Sa�ns, and, from the younger generation, Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Faur�, Vincent d�Indy and Claude Debussy, exercising an important influence on French violin music of the time. Franck�s Violin Sonata was dedicated to him as a wedding present, and Ysa�e gave the first performances in Brussels in 1886, and then in Paris. Other dedications included Chausson�s Po�me and Violin Concerto and Debussy�s String Quartet.
Pi�re li hou�eu (Peter the Miner) was staged in Li�ge and then in Brussels. His health allowed him to attend the second of these, three weeks before his death on 12th May 1931.

Ysa�e had considerable influence on the development of violin-playing after Wienawski and Vieuxtemps, and there are many reminiscences of his playing and teaching. Yehudi Menuhin recalls a visit to Brussels to see Ysa�e, the mentor of his own teacher, Louis Persinger, when he was, quite rightly, told to practise scales and arpeggios, advice that other great teachers have been heard to give. Joseph Szigeti recalled Ysa�e�s father�s early prohibition of premature use of vibrato, finding here the reason for Ysa�e�s own disciplined use of this technique, while Carl Flesch declared Ysa�e�s influence the most vital and continuing. In 1937 the Eug�ne Ysa�e International Competition was established, an event that later became the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition. As a composer Ysa�e lacked formal training but wrote a number of works for violin and orchestra, orchestral compositions and chamber music.

Discography
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	Violin Duo Recital: Kogan, Dmitri / Vassilieva, Marianna - TELEMANN, G.P. / BOCCHERINI, L. / HONEGGER, A. / YSAYE, E. (Two Violins)	~~$16.99~~ $12.74	Oct 28, 2008	Delos
	YSAYE: Solo Violin Sonatas, Op. 27	~~$8.99~~ $6.74	Feb 1, 2004	Naxos Classics
	YSAYE: Solo Violin Sonatas, Op. 27	~~$18.99~~ $14.24	Jan 1, 1988	Chandos

Composer also appears in: (2)
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	SITKOVETSKY, Yulian: Art of Yulian Sitkovetsky (The), Vol. 2	~~$16.99~~ $12.74	Apr 18, 2006	Artek
	FRAUTSCHI, Jennifer: Solovision	~~$16.99~~ $12.74	Aug 16, 2005	Artek

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