13 Facts About Ricardo Odnoposoff

Ricardo Odnoposoff was a Jewish Argentine-Austrian-American violinist of the 20th century.

Ricardo Odnoposoff was a former concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic.

Ricardo Odnoposoff was dismissed on September 1,1938, because he was unable to produce an Ariernachweis.

Ricardo Odnoposoff eventually became a citizen of the United States.

Mauricio Odnoposoff had emigrated from Russia to Argentina with his father.

Ricardo Odnoposoff first learned to play the violin in Buenos Aires.

Mauricio and Juana Odnoposoff moved to Germany where their children, Ricardo, Adolfo, and Nelida, continued studying music.

Ricardo Odnoposoff studied at the Academy of Music in Berlin from 1928 and in 1931 studied violin under Carl Flesch and composition under Paul Hindemith.

Ricardo Odnoposoff was already a follower of Arnold Rose, concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and taught at the State Academy, where Norbert Brainin, the future leader of the Amadeus Quartet was one of his students.

Ricardo Odnoposoff was therefore dismissed on September 1,1938, from the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic and had to return to Argentina.

From 1964 Ricardo Odnoposoff taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, where, among others, Michael Jelden, Alfred Csammer, Michael Eichinger, Helmut Mebert and Rainer Kussmaul were among his pupils.

Ricardo Odnoposoff played on the "ex Ladenburg" Guarneri del Gesu of 1735.

Ricardo Odnoposoff's violin playing was outstanding with a great sonorous, yet mellow sound, with masterly mastery of technique.