Miriam Fried was born on 9 September 1946 and is a Romanian-born Israeli classical violinist and pedagogue.
10 Facts About Miriam Fried
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Miriam Fried was born in Satu Mare, Romania but moved with her family to Israel when she was aged 2.
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Miriam Fried is the dedicatee and first performer of the Violin Concerto by Donald Erb.
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Miriam Fried has recorded the complete solo sonatas and partitas of Johann Sebastian Bach, and twice recorded the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
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Miriam Fried plays a 1718 Stradivarius believed to have been formerly owned by Louis Spohr, and by Regina Strinasacchi, for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Sonata in B-flat, K 454.
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Miriam Fried has been artistic director and chair of the faculty at the Steans Institute for Young Artists of the Ravinia Festival since 1993.
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Miriam Fried was a member of the Mendelssohn String Quartet.
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Miriam Fried is a member of the faculty of the New England Conservatory.
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Miriam Fried was Professor of Violin at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.
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Miriam Fried is married to the violinist and violist Paul Biss, the son of the Russian-born cellist Raya Garbousova.