Ruggiero Ricci

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf violinist
gptkbp:activeYears 1930s-2010s
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:American_Federation_of_Musicians
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:New_York_Philharmonic
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grammy_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1918-07-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:child gptkb:Ruggiero_Ricci_Jr.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkbp:contribution violin technique
gptkbp:culturalImpact in classical music community
gptkbp:deathDate 2012-08-02
gptkbp:education gptkb:Juilliard_School
gptkbp:famousFor playing_Paganini's_Caprices
gptkbp:famousQuote "Music is the language of the spirit."
gptkbp:famousRival gptkb:Paganini's_24th_Caprice
gptkb:Aspen_Music_Festival
Carnegie_Hall_debut
gptkbp:genre classical
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ruggiero Ricci
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Itzhak_Perlman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Fritz_Kreisler
gptkb:Pablo_Casals
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Stradivarius_violin
violin
gptkbp:knownFor virtuoso violin performances
gptkbp:legacy influential violinist
gptkbp:musicComposer spanned over 70 years.
gptkbp:musicStyle neoclassical
promoted violin repertoire
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableEvent International Violin Competition
with orchestras worldwide
with famous conductors
first to record all of Paganini's Caprices
violin masterclasses worldwide
New_York_City_concert_series
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Brahms_Violin_Concerto
gptkb:Nina_Beilina
gptkb:Vivaldi's_Four_Seasons
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
soloist with major orchestras
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:Praeludium_and_Allegro
gptkbp:performance gptkb:Royal_Albert_Hall
gptkbp:performances romantic
gptkbp:recordings gptkb:Bach's_Violin_Concertos
gptkb:Violin_Concertos_by_Mendelssohn
The Four Seasons
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Decca_Records
gptkbp:soundtrack 20th-century violinists
taught masterclasses
emphasis on technique and expression
inspired future generations of violinists
gptkbp:spouse Martha_Baird
gptkbp:style virtuosic
gptkbp:taught Joseph Szigeti
gptkbp:website ruggieroricci.com