Claude Debussy - Clair De Lune - Annette Celine

AUER Leopold Semyonovich [7 VI 1845, Veszprem, Hungary - 15 VII 1930, Loschwitz, near Dresden] - violinist, teacher and conductor. Rod in Heb. working family. He studied violin from the age of 8 in Pest with R. Kon, in 1857-58 in Vienna with J. Dont and J. Helmesberger, in 1861-63 in Hanover with J. Joachim. In 1863-66 he was accompanist of symphony. Orchestra in Dusseldorf, in 1866-67 - in Hamburg. In 1868 he performed in concerts in London (together with A. G. Rubinstein). In 1868-1917 he lived in Russia, all these years he was a professor in St. Petersburg. conservatory (led the upper class of the violin playing and classes of the quartet, chamber ensemble). In 1868-1906 he headed the strings. Quartet of St. Petersburg. Department of RMI, in 1883-84, 1887-92, 1894-95 was also a conductor of symphony. RMO meetings. In 1872-1908 the soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet Orchestra, in 1873-1917 the soloist of the imp. the yard.