Antonio Brosa [SEP] date of birth
Antonio Brosa
Antonio Brosa (27 June 1894 – 23 March 1979) was a Spanish violinist.
Brosa began studying the violin at the age of four with his father, making his public debut at the age of 10 in Barcelona. He studied with Mathieu Crickboom in Brussels, and made his debut in London in 1919, aged 25, and his first tour of the US in 1930. Brosa was the soloist for the premiere performance of Haydn Wood's Violin Concerto on 1 March 1933, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
January 2003 in London. Upon his death, his antique "Vesuvio Stradivarius (ex antonio brosa)" violin, made by Antonio Stradivari in 1727, was left to the Italian town of Cremona. Cremona is both the birthplace of Stradivari as well as the place where the "Vesuvio" was created. Lauricella owned the "Vesuvio" since 1968.
Work.
- "African Interlude", for violin and piano (dedicated to Jascha Heifetz)
- "Danza siciliana" for violin and piano