Henryk Wieniawski

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Henryk Wieniawski was a 19th-century Polish violin virtuoso and composer renowned for his technically demanding and lyrically expressive works for the violin.

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Henryk Wieniawski canonical 6

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instanceOf classical composer
composer
human
violinist
virtuoso
awardReceived Premier Prix of the Conservatoire de Paris (violin)
causeOfDeath heart disease
countryOfCitizenship Poland
dateOfBirth 1835-07-10
dateOfDeath 1880-03-31
educatedAt Conservatoire de Paris
employer Brussels Conservatory
Imperial Russian Musical Society
ethnicGroup Poles
familyName Wieniawski
fieldOfWork violin composition
violin performance
genre Romantic music
classical music
givenName Henryk
hasHeritage Polish-Jewish descent
influenced Polish violin school
instrument violin
movement Romantic music
nativeLanguage Polish
notableFor lyrically expressive violin writing
technically demanding violin works
notableWork Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20
Légende in G minor, Op. 17
Polonaise brillante in A major, Op. 21
Polonaise de concert in D major, Op. 4
Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16
Souvenir de Moscou, Op. 6
Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 14
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
Études-Caprices, Op. 18
occupation composer
violinist
placeOfBirth Congress Poland
Lublin
Russian Empire
placeOfDeath Moscow
Russian Empire
positionHeld professor of violin at the Brussels Conservatory
residence Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Paris
St. Petersburg
sexOrGender male
sibling Józef Wieniawski

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Niccolò Paganini influenced Henryk Wieniawski
EPPO namedAfter Henryk Wieniawski
Karol Lipiński influenced Henryk Wieniawski
Karol Lipiński influenced Henryk Wieniawski
Warsaw Conservatory notableStudent Henryk Wieniawski
Guarneri del Gesù violin usedBy Henryk Wieniawski