Raymond Jeremy, FRAM, was a British violist, known for his quartet playing, particularly the first performances of Edward Elgar's String Quartet and Piano Quintet.
15 Facts About Raymond Jeremy
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Raymond Jeremy was professor of violin and viola at the Royal Academy of Music in London and taught the violist Watson Forbes.
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Whilst at the Royal Academy of Music, Raymond Jeremy twice won the Charles Rube Prize for ensemble playing.
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Raymond Jeremy played in Thomas Beecham's Symphony Orchestra in 1910 when Richard Strauss's new operas Elektra and Salome, received their first performances in Britain.
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Raymond Jeremy played in Sir Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orchestra.
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Raymond Jeremy played with numerous ensembles over his playing career including the Kutcher String Quartet, the International Quartet, the Allied Quartet, the Philharmonic Quartet, the London Piano Quartet, the Virtuoso Quartet, the Meredyll Quartet, the Harp Ensemble, the Spencer Dyke Quartet, the British String Quartet, the Sybil Eaton Quartet, and the Henkel Piano Quartet.
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Raymond Jeremy accompanied other String Quartets such as the London String Quartet and the Stratton Quartet.
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Raymond Jeremy performed at Lady Elgar's funeral in April 1920, playing the Andante Piacevole from Elgar's string quartet.
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In that year Raymond Jeremy played at the first private performance of Arthur Bliss's Conversations.
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In 1927 Raymond Jeremy gave the premiere of Bax's Phantasy Sonata, with Korchinska, the work's dedicatee.
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Raymond Jeremy continued to play with Korchinska in recitals around Great Britain throughout the 1930s.
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Raymond Jeremy made numerous recordings with a variety of ensembles including a recording in 1930 for the National Gramophonic Society of Paul Juon's Chamber Symphony Op.
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Raymond Jeremy taught in the 1920s at the Editha Knocker School of Violin Playing and was, throughout the 1930s, a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and an examiner for their Licentiate examinations.
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Raymond Jeremy received the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music in 1935.
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Raymond Jeremy married Marta Vivika Norstrom in 1926 and they had one daughter, Nancy.