15 Facts About Henryk Wieniawski

Henryk Wieniawski married Regina Wolff, the daughter of a noted Jewish physician from Warsaw, and out of this marriage, Henryk was born.

Henryk Wieniawski attended the Conservatoire from 1843 to 1846 and returned for another year in 1849.

When his engagement to Isabella Hampton was opposed by her parents, Henryk Wieniawski wrote Legende, Op.

Henryk Wieniawski was a player in the Beethoven Quartet Society in London, where he performed on viola.

At the invitation of Anton Rubinstein, Henryk Wieniawski moved to St Petersburg, where he lived from 1860 to 1872, taught many violin students and led the Russian Musical Society's orchestra and string quartet.

From 1872 to 1874, Henryk Wieniawski toured the United States with Rubinstein.

Henryk Wieniawski replaced Henri Vieuxtemps as violin professor at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles in 1875.

Henryk Wieniawski started a tour of Russia in 1879 but was unable to complete it, and was taken to a hospital in Odessa after a concert.

Henryk Wieniawski's friends arranged a benefit concert to help provide for his family.

Henryk Wieniawski died in Moscow a few weeks later from a heart attack and was interred in the Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw.

Henryk Wieniawski's daughter Regine Wieniawski, born in Brussels the year before his death, became a composer.

Henryk Wieniawski published her early works as "Irene Wieniawska", but after marrying Sir Aubrey Dean Paul and becoming a British subject, she used the pseudonym "Poldowski".

Henryk Wieniawski was considered a violinist of great ability and wrote some very important works in the violin repertoire, including two technically demanding violin concertos, the second of which is more often performed than the first.

Henryk Wieniawski's portrait appeared on a postage stamp of Poland in 1952 and again in 1957.

The first violin competition named after Henryk Wieniawski took place in Warsaw in 1935.