Rosand, Aaron

Born in a family of Jewish immigrants - his mother came from Poland, his father from Russia. He studied in Chicago with Leon Sametini and Pavel Stasevich , then at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ephraim Zimbalista . At the age of nine, he made his debut on the stage of the Chicago Opera ; at ten, he first performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Frederick Stoke , performing a concert by Felix Mendelssohn .

Throughout his career, he performed and recorded a lot, preferring the romantic repertoire. Rozand owns the premiere recordings of violin concerts by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst , Joseph Joachim , Benjamin Godard , Anton Arensky , Eno Hubai . He recorded all Beethoven's violin sonatas, compositions by Brahms , Bruch , Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and others, as well as a collection of transcriptions of Yasha Heifetz . Since 1968 , Rosand has been a regular participant in the Forgotten Romantic Music Festival at Butler University .

In October 2009, the name of Rosanda came to the attention of the press in connection with the sale to him of the violin Guarneri del Gesu , made in 1741 , - the famous instance that once belonged to Pavel Kokhansky (Rosand played on it since 1957 ); the instrument was purchased by a Russian businessman who remained anonymous for an amount close to $ 10 million - this deal, according to the New York Times , may be the most expensive violin sale in history; of the proceeds, Rosand donated $ 1.5 million to the Curtis Institute of Music, in which he has been teaching since 1981 ^[3] (among his students, in particular, Ragin Wenck-Wolf ).

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