Abraham Alexander Schneider was a violinist, conductor and educator.
16 Facts About Alexander Schneider
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In 1927, Alexander Schneider became leader of an orchestra in Saarbrucken.
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Abram took Schneider as a surname because his brother Mischa had already chosen it, and Alexander appealed to him as a first name.
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Later on, Alexander Schneider felt the need to develop himself as an independent musician, so he left the quartet in 1944, full of energy and ideas.
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Alexander Schneider was offered a conductorship of the Metropolitan Opera, and leadership of the Pro Arte and Paganini Quartets but turned them down.
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Alexander Schneider toured with Ralph Kirkpatrick and he formed the Albeneri Trio with Benar Heifetz and Erich Itor Kahn.
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In 1949, Alexander Schneider formed the Alexander Schneider Quartet to perform and record all eighty-three Haydn quartets.
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In Prades, Alexander Schneider studied with Pablo Casals and persuaded him to participate in the 1950 Prades Festival to honor the 200th anniversary of Bach's death.
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Alexander Schneider supported Casals in further Bach festivals at Prades and Perpignan.
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Alexander Schneider was a very sociable man with a wide circle of friends.
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Alexander Schneider worked hard to promote chamber music with free or subsidized concerts.
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In 1956, the Budapest String Quartet persuaded Alexander Schneider to rejoin them.
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Alexander Schneider had remained in close contact with the quartet and he stood in for Ortenberg or Gorodetzky when they were ill.
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Alexander Schneider was the artistic director of the Alexander Schneider Concerts at the New School in New York City, from 1957 until his death.
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Alexander Schneider played with a number of other chamber groups, among them his own string group, and the Brandenburg Ensemble.
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Alexander Schneider died of heart failure in Manhattan, New York City, at the age of 84.