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- Composer, violinist and educator, educated at first by his father and then the Imperial School at St. Petersburg with Auer. He made his violin debut at Berlin in 1907, followed by a tour of Europe. His American debut was with the Boston Symphony in 1911. Thereafter, he joined the faculty at the Curtis Institute in 1929 and became a director there in 1941. Conflicting sources give his date of birth as April 9th or April 21st, but because he was born in Russia prior to the 1917 Revolution, both dates can be considered as correct; one date is in the Old Style Calendar (pre-1917) while the other is within the New Style Calendar adopted with the revolution in 1917. His first wife was famed soprano Alma Gluck, one of the first sopranos to make best-selling recordings. He was the half-brother of author Marcia Davenport, the grandfather of Stephanie Zimbalist, and the father of Efrem Zimbalist Jr..- IMDb Mini Biography By: Louis Rugani
- SpousesMary Louise Curtis Bok(July 6, 1943 - January 6, 1970) (her death)Alma Gluck(June 15, 1914 - October 27, 1938) (her death, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesStephanie Zimbalist(Grandchild)
- Father of Efrem Zimbalist Jr..
- Grandfather of Stephanie Zimbalist.
- Conflicting sources give date of birth of April 9 or April 21. However, this is because he was born in Russia, prior to the Revolution (1917), so both dates are correct. One is the date in the Old Style Calendar (pre-1917) while the other is the date in the New Style Calendar (adopted with the revolution in 1917).
- His first wife, soprano Alma Gluck, was one of the most famous classical music singers of her day, and one of the first to make best-selling recordings.
- One of the great classical violinists of the twentieth century.
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