Gimpel, Bronislav
Gimpel, Bronislav
Gimpel, Bronislav, distinguished Austrian-born American violinist and teacher, brother of Jakob Gimpel; b. Lemberg, Jan. 29, 1911; d. Los Angeles, May I, 1979. He was a pupil of Pollack at the Vienna Cons. (1922-26) and of Flesch at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik (1928-29). In 1925 he appeared as soloist with the Vienna Sym. Orch. He was a laureate in the Wieniawski Competition in 1935. He was concertmaster of the Konigsberg Radio Orch. (1929-31), the Göteborg Sym. Orch. (1931-37), and the Los Angeles Phil. (1937-2), and later was 1st violin in the American Artist Quartet; he also played in the New Friends of Music Piano Quartet and the Marines Piano Trio (1950-56). Following tours of Europe as a soloist, where he also gave masterclasses in Karlsruhe (1959-61), he was 1st violin in the Warsaw Quintet (1962-67) and the New England Quartet (1967-73); he also was a prof, at the Univ. of Conn. (1967-73). Gimpers remarkable technique made him a notable soloist, recitalist, and chamber music player.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire