Erna Rubinstein
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March 2, 1903
Erna Rubinstein | |
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_LCCN2014713943.jpg) Erna Rubinstein, from the Bain News Service collection, Library of Congress | |
| Born | Ernesztina Rubinstein March 2, 1903 Sibiu, Hungary (today Romania) |
| Died | 1966 (aged 62–63) |
| Other names | Erna Rubenstein, Edna Ford |
| Occupation | Violinist |
Erna Rubinstein (March 2, 1903 – 1966), born Ernesztina Rubinstein, was a Hungarian violinist.
Ernesztina Rubinstein was born in Sibiu in 1903. Her mother was a singer.[1] She studied violin with József Füredi in Debrecen, and with Jenő Hubay[2] at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest,[3] from 1913 to 1918. As a young woman violinist, she was often grouped with (and compared to) her peers, Nedyalka Simeonova(1901–1959) of Bulgaria, and Erika Morini (1904–1995) of Austria.[4][5]
Career
Rubinstein toured as a young violinist in Europe and the United States.[6][7] She gave a recital at Carnegie Hall in 1922. "There is repose and poise in her performance," commented the New York Times reviewer Richard Aldrich, "but there is no lack of the brilliancy and spirit and rhythmic verve".[8] She played in the American midwest and plains states in 1923 and 1924,[9][10][11] and in California in 1925.[12] She accompanied Frieda Hempel in a 1928 concert,[13] and played in Minnesota and New York in 1929.[14][15]
Rubinstein appeared in two films, Stolen Wednesday (1933, also known as Tokajerglut), and Under a Gypsy Moon (1938, a musical short). She was heard on the Bing Crosby radio program in 1939, and was a guest performer with the El Paso Orchestra that year.[14]
