11 Facts About Ivan Galamian

Ivan Galamian studied with Konstantin Mostras at the School of the Philharmonic Society from 1916 to 1922.

Ivan Galamian was jailed at age fifteen by the Bolshevik government.

The opera manager at the Bolshoi Theatre rescued Ivan Galamian; the manager argued that Ivan Galamian was a necessary part of the opera orchestra, and subsequently the government released him.

Ivan Galamian became a faculty member at the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff where he taught from 1925 to 1929.

Ivan Galamian taught violin at the Curtis Institute of Music beginning in 1944, and became the head of the violin department at the Juilliard School in 1946.

Ivan Galamian wrote two violin method books, Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching and Contemporary Violin Technique.

Ivan Galamian incorporated aspects of both the Russian and French schools of violin technique in his approach.

Ivan Galamian did not retire and maintained an active full-time work schedule.

Ivan Galamian died at the age of 78 in 1981 in New York City.

Ivan Galamian held honorary degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin College, and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Ivan Galamian was an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, London.