Hess, Willy (violinist)

Willy Hess ( him Willy Hess ; July 14, 1859 , Mannheim - February 17, 1939 , Berlin ) - German violinist, violist and music teacher.

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Date of Birth	July 14, 1859 ( 1859-07-14 )
Place of Birth	Mannheim
Date of death	February 17, 1939 ( 1939-02-17 ) (79 years)
Place of death	Berlin
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Professions	violinist violist music teacher
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The son of a violinist who studied with Louis Spor . Received an initial performing education from his father. In 1865, as a performer-prodigy, he went on a US tour with Theodore Thomas with the orchestra. In 1872 he moved to the Netherlands, then in 1876-1878. in Berlin, completed his musical education under the leadership of Joseph Joachim .

In 1878-1886 Accompanist of the Frankfurt Opera orchestra, during this period he also played the piano trio with James Quast and Hugo Becker . In 1886-1888 in Rotterdam, concertmaster of one of the orchestras and professor at the Rotterdam Conservatory . In 1888-1895 the concertmaster of the Halle Orchestra in Manchester , here among his students was Arthur Catterall . In 1895-1903 Professor of the Cologne Conservatory , among his Cologne pupils was Adolphe Bush , in Cologne Hess composed the piano trio with Max von Power and Heinrich Grünfeld and led the string quartet with Willi Seibert, Joseph Schwartz and Friedrich Grützmacher Jr .. Then, during one school year, he taught at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In the years 1904-1910. the concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra , at the same time taught at Harvard University and headed the string quartet ( Heinrich Warnke and then Alvin Schroeder were among the participants); Albert Foote dedicated to Cessa his Ballad for violin and piano (1910).

In 1910 he settled in Berlin, a professor at the Berlin High School of Music . Here, Hess's pedagogical career reached its peak: among his students of this period - Georg Kulenkampf , Tossi Spivakovsky , Arthur Fidler , Nikos Skalkotas , Henry Temyanka , Albert Stessel , Henry Holst , Paul Godwin and other prominent musicians from different countries of the world. At the same time, Hess gave concerts as a soloist, and not only on the violin, but also on the viola. In this capacity, he worked closely with Max Bruch in the last years of his life: in 1910, Bruch wrote a concert concerto for Hess for violin and orchestra, in 1912 he participated in the premiere of the first revision of the Bruhovsky Concerto for clarinet and viola with the orchestra (having performed The first part is the composer’s violin concerto , and in the second, changing the violin to viola) ^[1] . Since 1928, retired.