Eugene Fodor ( born Eugene Fodor ; March 5, 1950 - February 26, 2011 [1] ) is an American violinist .
He studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Ivan Galamyan , at the music faculties of Indiana University (with Joseph Gingold ) and the University of Southern California (with Yasha Heifetz ). At the age of 10, he made his debut with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, performing Bruch 's violin concerto. By the age of 17, he was a laureate of a number of prestigious national competitions, and in 1972 he won the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa . In 1974 , at the Fifth International Tchaikovsky Competition, Eugene Fodor shared second place with Ruben Agaronyan and Rusudan Gvasalia (the first prize was not awarded this time).
In the wake of these successes, Fodor’s international career developed well in the 1970s and 80s, but then followed by a recession, including an unpleasant incident in 1989 , when Fodor was arrested for drug possession (he was found to have 20 grams of cocaine ) . Nevertheless, the 1990-2000s were marked for Fodor with several vivid recordings (in particular, Sibelius violin concert and all Brahms violin sonatas).
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- ↑ T. Rees Shapiro. Eugene Fodor, drug-haunted violin virtuoso, dies at 60 (March 1, 2011). Date of treatment April 20, 2011. Archived February 19, 2012.