Jascha Heifetz, well known Jewish violinist, was married to Mrs. Florence Vidor, a Christian, last Monday in New York City. Charles E. Kelby, former Supreme Court Justice performed the ceremony. Mr.

Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Kreisler were both born on Feb. 2 — Kreisler in 1875 and Heifetz in 1901. But the two men share more than just a birthday. Music commentator Miles Hoffman joins Renee Montagne ...

To Itzhak Perlman, he was, simply, "God." He was the greatest violin virtuoso of the 20th century. He was the violinist who almost single-handedly defined the art of violin performance for an entire ...

One can hear the passion in Heifetz' violin playing, even if his stance was impassive. Jascha Heifetz, a child prodigy violin player, was taught to present himself passively to better focus attention ...

It's hard not to talk numbers when it comes to the new Jascha Heifetzcollection. Last week Sony Classical released a 10-pound box of the famed violinist's recordings — 103 CDs in all, which the ...

Jascha Heifetz arranged a popular Mexican song to include in his Mexico City concert. In 1923 violinist Jascha Heifetz was in Mexico City and realized he didn't have any work by a Mexican composer on ...

Every 13 or 14 years, it seems, Erick Friedman, the celebrated American virtuosoviolinist, returns to Southern California. He did so, again, Sunday afternoon, when he appeared on the new Jascha ...

This “American Masters” film chronicles the life of the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987), an artist known for his unyielding personal reserve on stage and off. Few people with whom he ...

From Wikipedia Jascha Heifetz (/ˈhaɪfɪts/; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1901 – December 10, 1987) was a Lithuanian-born American violinist. He was born in Vilnius. As a teen, he moved with his family ...