Ginette Neveu was killed in a plane crash at the age of 30.
11 Facts About Ginette Neveu
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Ginette Neveu made her solo debut at the age of seven with Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 at the Salle Gaveau in Paris.
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In 1935, aged 15, Ginette Neveu achieved worldwide celebrity status when she won the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition.
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Ginette Neveu was immediately signed to an extensive touring contract which over the next two years saw her give solo performances at the leading concert halls of Germany, Poland, the Soviet Union, the United States and Canada.
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Ginette Neveu was finally able to make her London debut in 1946.
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Ginette Neveu recorded Sibelius's Violin Concerto at Abbey Road Studios in the same year.
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Ginette Neveu made few commercial recordings, but all of them remain in the catalogue.
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Ginette Neveu recorded the Brahms and Sibelius Concertos, Ravel's Tzigane, Chausson's Poeme, the Debussy Sonata and a handful of shorter pieces.
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Ginette Neveu gave her last concert in Paris on 20 October 1949.
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Ginette Neveu's violin, made by Omobono Stradivari in 1730, was lost.
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Ginette Neveu was posthumously awarded the Cross of the Legion d'Honneur.