Bravo, Encore!

List of Characters in Bravo, Encore!

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Amati, Nicolò (1596–1684)—Italian Master Luthier from Cremona, Italy. Lea Luboshutz received an Amati violin as a gift when she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and, many decades later, returned it as a gift to the Soviet Union.

Arensky, Anton (1861–1906)—Russian composer of Romantic classical music. His Serenade Opus 30, No. 2 was among the first thing that my grandmother, Lea Luboshutz, recorded in 1909.

Atkinson, Burnett (1924–2011)—Flute player; member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet. Teacher of Walter (Billy) Wolf.

Benko, Gregor (1944– )—American writer, lecturer, record producer, and collector-historian whose primary focus is classical music. Benko is an authority on the pianist Josef Hofmann and on many other musicians of the past.

Berlioz, Hector (1803–1869)—French Romantic composer, conductor and critic.  His Symphonie fantastique (written in 1830) was the first symphonic score to include a harp.

Bernstein, Leonard (1918–1990)—American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Bertrand, Aloysius (1807–1841)—French Romantic poet, playwright and journalist whose prose poems were the inspiration for Maurice Ravel’s piano masterpiece, Gaspard de la Nuit.

Bok, Edward (1863–1930)—Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal for thirty years (1889–1919) and the husband of Mary Louise Curtis Bok, the founder of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Bok, Mary Louis Curtis (1876–1970)—Daughter of Cyrus Curtis (the founder of the Curtis Publishing Company), philanthropist and founder of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.  Her first husband was Edward Bok. Her second husband was Efrem Zimbalist.  Patron and friend of Lea Luboshutz.

Boltuch, Morris (1921–2009)—Classical trumpet player who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and became a member of National Symphony in Washington D.C., the New York Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, among other major orchestras.

Britten, Benjamin (1913–1876) —British composer many of whose operas received their American premieres at the Tanglewood Music Center in western Massachusetts.

Brusilow, Anshel (1928–2018)—American violinist, concertmaster of Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor, and music educator.  Though he was supposed to study with Lea Luboshutz at the Curtis Institute of Music, unfortunate events in Rockport, Maine changed his educational trajectory.

Casals, Pablo (1876–1973)—Spanish cellist, composer, and conductor who stayed in the Luboshutz-Goldovsky apartment before the Russian Revolution and was reunited with Lea Luboshutz in 1963.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (1895–1968)—Italian composer, pianist, and writer, best known for compositions for guitar. Once settled in the U.S., in 1939, he turned to film composing but he also wrote serious music for Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky.

Chaliapin, Fyodor (1873–1938)—Russian singer who performed and toured with both of the Luboshutz sisters and introduced Lea Luboshutz to the impresario Sol Hurok in Paris. 

Codd, Margaret—see Goldovksy, Margaret Codd.

Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713)—Italian Baroque composer and violinist who helped develop the modern genres of the sonata and the concerto.

Cui, César (1835–1918)—A member of “The Five”—a group of composers who were brought together by the idea of creating a specifically Russian style of music. His Perpetual Motion, was among the first pieces Lea Luboshutz recorded in 1909.

Curtis, Cyrus (1850–1933)—American publisher of magazines and newspapers, including the Ladies’ Home Journal and The Saturday Evening Post. Father of Mary Louis Curtis Bok Zimbalist (founder of the Curtis Institute of Music).

Curtis, Louisa Knapp (1851–1910)—Wife of Cyrus Curtis, mother of Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist who was quite active in the Curtis Publishing Company.  Her considerable fortune, passed on to her daughter at her death, made possible the founding of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Díaz, Roberto (1960– )—Violist, Faculty member and Director of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Dohnanyi, Ernst von (1877–1960)—Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor. Conducted one of Lea Luboshutz’s concerts when she gave the first New York performance of the Prokofiev violin concerto in New York.  He later became Boris Goldovsky’s piano teacher in Budapest.

Duncan, Isadora (1877–1927)—American dance pioneer. Pierre Luboshutz was her accompanist in Russia and pianist in her Moscow studio.  Friend of Luboshutz family.

Elisabeth of Bavaria (Queen of Belgium) (1876–1965)—The Queen, an accomplished violinist who was, like Lea Luboshutz, a student of Eugène Ysaÿe.  She hosted concerts by Luboshutz at her palace and the two were friends.

Feuermann, Emanuel (1902–1942)—Celebrated European cellist who taught at the Curtis Institute of Music and collaborated with the leading musicians of his day who regarded him as uniquely gifted.

Fogel, Alexandra Wolf (1936–2023)—Oldest child of Irene and Walter “Billy” Wolf.

Fokine, Michel (1880–1942)—Russian dancer and choreographer considered the founder of modern ballet who choreographed The Swan by Maurice Ravel for the dancer Anna Pavlova.

Franchomme, Auguste (1808–1884)—French cellist, composer, and friend of Frédéric Chopin whom he advised on cello compositions.  Credited with establishing the Spanish school of cello playing.

Gershunoff, Maxim (1924–2018)—Trumpet player for the Pittsburgh Symphony and for the NBC Symphony under Toscanini. Worked with impresario Sol Hurok prior to founding his own artist management company, Maxim Gershunoff Attractions, Inc. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Gibson, William (1916–2002)—Principal trombone player with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.  Friend of the Wolf family.

Glière, Reinhold (1875–1956)—Soviet Ukrainian and Russian composer, of German and Polish descent.  His Op. 3 Romance was dedicated to Lea Luboshutz.

Goldovsky, Boris Onissimovich (1908–2001)—Second child of Onissim Goldovsky and Lea Luboshutz. Director of the opera departments at Tanglewood Music Center, New England Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he had been a conducting student of Fritz Reiner.  Founder of the Goldovsky Opera Theatre.

Goldovsky, Irina—see Irene Goldovsky Wolf.

Goldovsky, Margaret Codd (1911–2004)—Boris Goldovsky’s wife and a professional singer during the early years of their marriage. They met as students at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Goldovsky, Onissim (1865–1922)—Russian lawyer and political activist born in Vilnius, Lithuania.  Married to Rashel Khin. Later fathered three children with Lea Luboshutz – Yuri, Boris, and Irina.

Goldovsky, Yuri (1907–1931)—First child of Onissim Goldovsky and Lea Luboshutz who resided in the Soviet Union his entire life.  A mathematician, he died in a mountaineering accident.

Graffman, Gary (1928–2025)—American classical pianist, teacher and administrator. From 1986 through May 2006, he served as director of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Gomberg, Celia—cf. Celia Gomberg Newman.

Gomberg, Edyth—cf. Edyth Gomberg Zazofsky.

Gomberg, Harold (1916–1985)—Principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic from 1943 through 1977. Student of Marcel Tabuteau at Curtis Institute of Music.

Gomberg, Leo (1919–1973)—Principal trumpet of the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra. Also played with the City Center Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein. Attended the Curtis Institute of Music as a student.

Gomberg, Mary Levin—With husband Nathan, she parented a large family, most of whom became professional musicians.  Two of them studied with Lea Luboshutz at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Gomberg, Ralph (1921–2006)—Principal oboist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1950 through 1987. Student of Marcel Tabuteau at Curtis Institute of Music.

Gomberg, Robert (1912–1970)—Student of Lea Luboshutz at the Curtis Institute of Music who became a violinist in the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Gorky, Maxim (1868–1936) —Russian writer and journalist. The subject of various explorations of death threats against him and possible poisoning in his ultimate death.

Hartmann, Viktor (1834–1873)—Russian architect and visual artist whose paintings inspired Modest Mussorgsky’s composition Pictures at an Exhibition.

Heifetz, Jascha (1901–1987)—Russian-American violinist whom many considered the greatest violinist of his generation.  Friend of the Luboshutz family.

Hilsberg, Alexander (1897–1961)—Violinist, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, faculty member of the Curtis Institute of Music, and Music Director of the New Orleans Philharmonic.

Hobson, Ann—see Ann Hobson Pilot.

Hofmann, Josef (1876–1957)—Polish-American pianist who in 1926 became Director of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he hired Lea Luboshutz for the violin faculty.  The two played concerts throughout America and in England and were probably lovers.

Horszowski, Mieczysław (1892–1983)—Polish-American pianist who had one of the longest careers in the history of music. Teacher of Andrw Wolf at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Hurok, Sol (originally Solomon Izrailevich Gurkov) (1888–1974)—Russian-born American impresario who managed Lea Luboshutz, Luboshutz & Nemenoff, and many other well-known classical music performers.

Khrushchev, Nikita (1894–1971)—Led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the Council of Ministers (or Premier) from 1958 to 1964.

Kincaid, William (1895–1967)—American flutist and teacher. Principal flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra for almost forty years, teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music, and a guiding force in the creation of an American School of flute playing. Teacher of Thomas Wolf.

Knapp, Louisa—cf. Louisa Knapp Curtis.

Koussevitzky, Serge (1874–1951)—Russian double bass player and impresario who eventually moved to the United States and became music director and conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  Engaged members of the Luboshutz and Goldovsky families in his many musical endeavors.

Krachmalnick, Jacob (1922–2001)—American violinist; concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1951 to 1958. Studied with Efrem Zimbalist at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Kreisler, Fritz (1875–1962)—Austrian-born violinist and composer. Friend of the Luboshutz family who played many concerts with Pierre Luboshutz.

Laredo, Jaime (1941– )—Prize-winning violinist and conductor who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music. Served as Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.

Lenin, Vladimir (1870–1942)—Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.

Levin, Lev (1870–1938)—Russian Jewish physician, doctor of medical sciences, professor, consultant for medical and sanitary control of the Kremlin. Served as physician to Lenin, Stalin, and their families. Defendant in the “Trial of the Twenty-One” in Moscow in 1938.

Lhévinne, Rosina (1980–1976)—Ukranian-born pianist and pedagogue. Faculty member at The Juilliard School of Music. Teacher of Van Cliburn.

Loeb, August B. (1841–1915)—President of Tradesmen’s National Bank in Philadelphia where Lea Luboshutz decided to open her first American bank account. Grandfather of Walter “Billy” Wolf.

Loeb, Howard (1873–1955)—Took over presidency of Tradesmen’s National Bank in Philadelphia from his father to become one of the youngest bank presidents in the city’s history.  Uncle of Walter “Billy” Wolf.

Lopatnikoff, Nikolai (1903–1976)—Russian composer whose violin concerto was introduced by Lea Luboshutz at her final concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Lunacharsky, Anatoly (1875–1933)—Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People's Commissar responsible for the Ministry and Education, as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist and journalist.

Luboshutz, Anna (1887–1974)—Second child of Katherine and Saul Luboshutz, sister of Lea Luboshutz and Pierre Luboshutz; an accomplished cellist who married the physician Nikolai Shereshevsky and made her home in the Soviet Union until her death.

Luboshutz, Katherine (Gitel) née Katzman (later called “Babushka”) (1865–1940)—Daughter of Rabbi Sergei Katzman, wife of Saul Luboshutz, Mother of Lea, Anna, and Pierre Luboshutz. She ran a piano store in Odessa and supported her family there before emigrating.

Luboshutz, Lea (1885–1965)—Renowned violinist, daughter of Katherine and Saul Luboshutz. Sister of Anna and Pierre.  Mother of Yuri, Boris, and Irina Goldovsky (later Irene Wolf). Faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Luboshutz, Pierre (1890–1971)—Son of Katherine and Saul Luboshutz, brother of Lea and Anna Luboshutz with whom he formed the Luboshutz Trio. A pianist who served as an accompanist to many leading performers in his early years, he later married Genia Nemenoff with whom he formed the duo-piano team Luboshutz & Nemenoff.

Luboshutz, Saul (?–1925)—Violin teacher; father of Lea, Anna, and Pierre Luboshutz; husband of Katherine (Gitel) Luboshutz; Lea Luboshutz’s first violin teacher.

Lurie, Mitchell (1922–2008)—Became principal clarinetist of the Pittsburgh Symphony after graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music and subsequently, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Became a professor of clarinet and chamber music at the University of Southern California. Also performed for scores of movies.

Malan, Roy (1945– )—Violinist and teacher, graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Efrem Zimbalist and became his biographer.

Milstein, Nathan (1904–1992)—Ukrainian-born American virtuoso violinist known for his interpretations of violin works from Bach through the Romantic period.

Minthorne, Patricia—see Patricia Minthorne Wolf.

Najinsky, Vaslav (1889–1950)—Considered by many the greatest male dancer of the twentieth century, he assisted Carlos Salzedo in developing a system of gestures for harpists involving elbow, arms, hands, and fingers.

Nemenoff, Genia (1905–1989)—Pianist, daughter of Russians who had settled in Paris to establish a branch of the family fur business there. Genia later married and became the duo-piano performing partner of pianist Pierre Luboshutz.

Newman, Celia Gomberg (1920–1990)—Student of Lea Luboshutz at Curtis Institute of Music.  Later married Ruby Newman, a band director in Boston. One of the musical Gomberg siblings.

Newman, Ruby (1903–1973)—A violinist and high society band leader married to Celia Gomberg, Lea Luboshutz’s violin student. Newman’s band performed at the Somerset and Copley Plaza Hotels and enjoyed a long run at the Ritz-Carlton. Later music director, conductor, and vice president of CBS radio.

Nezhdanova, Antonina (1873–1950)—Russian and Soviet lyric coloratura who became the Bolshoi’s leading soprano and the dedicatee of Sergei Rachkmaninoff’s Vocalise.

Oistrakh, David (1908–1974)—Distinguished Soviet classical violinist and conductor who enjoyed a friendship with Lea Luboshutz and her family. Considered one of the greatest violinists of the twentieth century.

Oistrakh, Igor (1931–1921)—Violinist son of David Oistrakh with whom he appeared frequently. A graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, he joined the faculty in 1958.

Oliver, Warren (1881–1976)—President of Newton (Massachusetts) Cooperative Bank and neighbor of Lea Luboshutz in Rockport, Maine.

Ormandy, Eugene (1899–1985)—Hungarian-American conductor and violinist, best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra as its music director. Six members of the Luboshutz-Goldovsky-Wolf family appeared with his orchestra.

Pavlova, Anna (1881–1931)—Russian prima ballerina most famous for creating the role of “The Dying Swan” to music by Maurice Ravel and choreography by Michel Fokine.

Piatigorsky, Gregor (1903–1976)—Russian born American cellist who played with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. He also taught at the Curtis Institute of Music, Tanglewood, and the University of Southern California and was a close friend and colleague of the Luboshutz family.

Pilot, Ann Hobson (1943– )—Former principal harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Wife of musician Prentice Pilot.

Pilot, Prentice (1934– )—Jazz and classical performer performing on both saxophone and double bass. Husband of Ann Hobson Pilot.

Pinchot, Gifford (1865–1946)—American forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the twenty-eighth Governor of Pennsylvania.

Powell, Verne Q. (1879-1968)—Founder of Verne Powell Flutes, a leading producer of professional flutes and piccolos since 1927.

Reiner, Fritz (1888–1963)—Hungarian-born conductor of opera and symphonic music, taught Boris Goldovsky at the Curtis Institute of Music and was Best Man at his wedding. Led orchestras where Lea Luboshutz soloed.

Richter, Sviatoslav (1915–1997)—Soviet pianist of Russian-German origin who toured and performed internationally, giving memorable performances in the United States.

Rodzinsky, Artur (1892–1958)—Polish conductor of opera and symphonic music. He is especially noted for his tenures as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra and of the New York Philharmonic in the 1930s and 1940s. Hired Boris Goldovsky as his assistant in the early 1930s.

Rose, Leonard (1918–1984)—American cellist who served as principal both of the Cleveland Orchestra and New York Philharmonic before becoming a prominent soloist and pedagogue.  Collaborated both with Boris Goldovsky and Andrew Wolf.

Rothschild, Édouard Alphonse de (1868–1949)—Aristocrat, French financier and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.  Summered in Rockport, Maine during World War II. Father-in-law of cellist, Gregor Piatigorsky.

Rubinstein, Anton (1829–1894)—Pianist virtuoso, conductor and composer who founded the St. Peterburg Conservatory. He was the older brother of Nikolai Rubinstein who founded the Moscow Conservatory.

Rupp, Fritz (1901–1992)—German pianist best known as an assisting artist for Fritz Kreisler, Marion Anderson, and other notable musicians.

Samuelson, Semeon Vasilyevich (1872–1951)—Gold medal-winning pianist at the Moscow Conservatory in 1893, he occasionally served as Lea Luboshutz’s accompanist in Russia.

Schnabel, Artur (1882–1951)—Austrian pianist considered one of the greatest of all Beethoven interpreters and one of the most important pedagogues of his time. Became Boris Goldovsky’s teacher in Berlin.

Serkin, Rudolf (1903–1991)—Pianist, co-founder of the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont; Director of Curtis Institute of Music (1968-1976); teacher of Andrew Wolf.

Sheppard, Walter P. “Shep” (1931–2013)—Manager and Vice President for programming at WITF-FM and TV in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  Sheppard worked with Boris Goldovsky, and was responsible for radio broadcasts of Goldovsky’s New England Opera Theatre productions.

Shereshevsky, Anna—cf. Anna Luboshutz.

Shereshevsky, Nikolai (1885–1961)—Prominent physician and researcher, husband of Anna Luboshutz. A witness at the 1938 “Trial of the Twenty-One” in Moscow.  A victim in the so-called “Doctor’s Plot” that falsely accuses Jewish doctors of illegal activities, he was later exonerated.

Shumsky, Oscar (1917–2000)—Violinist and conductor, considered one the leading violinists of the twentieth century.  Among his various teachers was Efrem Zimbalist who he eventually joined on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Singer, Samuel L. (1911–2004)—Music critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer for forty-seven years.

Sokoloff, Eleanor (1914– )—American pianist and piano teacher. Member of the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music beginning in 1936. One of Andrew Wolf’s first teachers.

Sokoloff, Vladimir (“Billy”) (1913–1997)—Pianist, accompanist, and faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music. He collaborated with many of his era’s greatest musicians.

Sokoloff, Vladimir Aleksandrovich (1889–1962)—Russian actor of stage and screen who was in over 100 films and television shows.  His accidental meeting with the pianist Vladimir Sokoloff in Rockport, Maine led to various parties with the Russian musicians that came there in the summer.

Stalin, Joseph (1878–1953)—Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until 1953 as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Premier of the Soviet Union.

Stern, Isaac (1920–2001)—Russian-born American violinist with whom Andrew Wolf collaborated and toured as assisting pianist for many years. Credited with saving Carnegie Hall from the wrecking ball.

Szigetti, Joseph (1892–1973)—Internationally acclaimed Hungarian violinist, much admired by his peers, and by composers who wrote music for him including Bela Bartok.

Temianka, Henri (1906–1992)—Virtuoso violinist, conductor, author, and music educator.

Tartini, Giuseppe (1692–1770)—Italian Baroque violinist and composer whose major works featured the violin.

Tennyson, Alfred Lord (1809–1892)—Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom whose poem, “The Dying Swan” was choreographed for Anna Pavlova by Michel Fokine, set to the music of Maurice Ravel.

Tolstoy, Leo (1828–1910)—Russian writer, best known for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The Luboshutz siblings performed at his memorial service in Moscow.

Tree, Michael (1934-2018)—American violinist who studied with Lea Luboshutz and later with Efrem Zimbalist. Founding member of the Guarneri String Quartet.

Tuton, Lucy Wolf (1949– )—Youngest (sixth) child of Irene and Walter (“Billy”) Wolf.

Wolf, Alexandra—cf. Alexandra Wolf Fogel.

Wolf, Andrew (1943–1985)—Fourth child of Irene and Walter “Billy” Wolf, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and professional pianist.

Wolf, Catherine (1940– )—Third child of Irene and Walter “Billy” Wolf whose one-woman show On Becoming was based on the life of her grandmother, Lea Luboshutz.

Wolf, Irene Goldovsky [called Irina until she came to the United States in 1929] (1917–2010)—Third child of Onissim Goldovsky and Lea Luboshutz. Married Walter L. (Billy) Wolf in 1933. Mother of the six Wolf children.

Wolf, Lucy—cf. Lucy Wolf Tuton.

Wolf, Nicholas (1938– )—Eldest son (second child) of Walter and Irene Wolf. Played violin as a child.

Wolf, Patricia Minthorne (1938– )—Harp student of Carlos Salzedo at the Curtis Institute of Music.  Married to Nicholas Wolf.

Wolf, Thomas (1945– )—Fifth child of Irene and Walter “Billy” Wolf. A flutist, arts consultant, and the author of this book.

Wolf, Walter Loeb (“Billy”) (1908–2002)—Part of an important Philadelphia Jewish clan. Married Irene Goldovsky and was the father of their six children — Alexandra, Nicholas, Catherine, Andrew, Thomas, and Lucy.

Yagoda, Genrikh (1891–1938)—Soviet secret police official who served as director of the NKVD, the Soviet Union’s security and intelligence agency, from 1934 to 1936, and later was himself a defendant who was executed in 1938.

Ysaÿe, Eugène (1858–1931)—The violinist and pedagogue for whom César Franck wrote his Sonata for Violin and Piano.  Lea Luboshutz was selected to play for him at the Moscow Conservatory and he later invited her to Belgium where he coached her on the Franck Sonata. Also a teacher of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium.

Zazofsky, Abraham (“George”) (1914–1983)—American violinist and teacher who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and become assistant concertmaster and first violinist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Later was instrumental in becoming a founder of the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM).

Zazofsky, Edyth Gomberg (1915–2000)—Wife of George Zazofsky and mother of Peter Zazofsky.  A cellist, she was the only Gomberg musician-sibling who did not attend the Curtis Institute of Music or pursue a professional career.

Zazofsky, George—cf. Abraham Zazofsky.

Zazofsky, Peter (1954– )—Violinist and teacher who studied at Curtis Institute of Music. First violinist of the Muir Quartet and Professor at Boston University with whom both Andrew and Thomas Wolf played concerts.

Zichy, Géza (1849–1924)—Hungarian composer, poet, and the first one-armed concert pianist. He also worked as a lawyer. Wrote the poem on which Jenö Hubay’s composition, The Zephyr, is based.

Zimbalist, Efrem (1890–1985)—Violinist who first met Lea Luboshutz when they were concertmasters of their respective conservatory orchestras in Russia.  Later, both violinists taught at the Curtis Institute of Music, where Zimbalist became Director in 1941. Married first to the singer Alma Gluck and later, after her death, to Mary Curtis Bok.

Zimbalist, Mary Curtis Bok—see Mary Louise Curtis Bok.

Composers mentioned in Bravo, Encore! are listed in alphabetical order.

Andersen, Joachim (1847–1909)

Bacewicz, Grażyna (1909–1969)

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827) 

Borodin, Alexander (1833–1887)

Brahms, Johannes (1833–1897)

Chopin, Frédéric (1810–1849)

Debussy, Claude (1862–1918)

Glière, Reinhold (1875–1956)

Glinka, Mikhail (1804–1857)

Gluck, Christoph (1714–1787)

Hubay, Jenö (1858–1937)

Ibert, Jacques (1890–1962)

Konus, Julius (1869–1942)

Kovacs, Stephen (1907–1964)

Kreisler, Fritz (1875–1962)

Liszt, Franz (1811–1886)

Luboshutz, Pierre (1891-1971)

Massenet, Jules (1842–1912)

Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–1847)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–1791)

Mussorgsky, Modest (1839–1881)

Paganini, Niccolò (1782–1840)

Popper, David (1843–1913)

Prokofiev, Sergei (1891–1953)

Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873–1943)

Ravel, Maurice (1875–1937)

Rossini, Gioachino (1792–1868)

Sarasate, Pablo de (1844–1908)

Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)

Salzedo, Carlos (1885–1961)

Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–1975)

Strauss, Johann, II (1825–1899)

Tartini, Giuseppe (1692–1770)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840–1893)

Wieniawski, Henryk (1835–1880)

Zarzycki, Aleksander (1834–1895)

Performers mentioned in Bravo, Encore! are listed in alphabetical order.

Ameling, Elly (1938– )—Soprano

Argerich, Martha (1941– )—Pianist

Barnes, Ariel (1976– )—Cellist

Barenboim, Daniel (1942– )—Pianist

Baslaeskaja, Mila (1946– )—Pianist

Batsashvili, Mariam (1993– )—Pianist

Bay, Emanuel (1891–1967)—Pianist

Bell, Joshua (1967– )—Violinist

Boda, Balázs (1975– )—Pianist

Broberg, Kenny (1993– )—Pianist

Buniatishvili, Khatia (1987– )—Pianist

Bushakevitz, Ammiel (1986– )—Pianist

Chien, Gloria (1981– )—Pianist

Coker, Paul (1959– )—Pianist

Dedyukhin, Alexander (1907–1985)—Pianist

Díaz, Roberto (1960– )—Violist

Donohoe, Peter (1953– )—Pianist

Dufour, Mathieu (1973– )—Flutist

Elman, Mischa (1891–1961)—Violinist

Entremont, Philippe (1934– )—Pianist

Ferraguto, Marco—Flutist

Ferschtman, Dmitri (1945– )—Cellist

Finckel, David (1951– )—Cellist

Francescatti, Zino (1902–1991)—Violinist

Galway, James (1939– )—Flutist

Glemser, Bernd (1962–  )—Pianist

Grynenko, Viktoria (1991– )—Violinist

Hadelich, Augustin (1984– )—Violinist

Harrell, Lynn (1944–2020)—Cellist

Heifetz, Jascha (1901–1987)—Violinist

Hong, Nayeong—Pianist

Hoppe, Thomas (1971– )—Pianist

Horowitz, Vladimir (1902–1989)—Pianist

Huang, Paul (1998– )—Violinist

Ioudenitch, Maria (1995– )—Violinist

Kapell, William (1922–1953)—Pianist

Kaufman, Harry (1894–1961)—Pianist

Kim, Bomsori (1989– )—Violinist

Kliegel, Maria (1952– )—Cellist

Koenig, Robert (1963– )—Pianist

Kogan, Leonid (1924-1982)—Violinist

Kreisler, Fritz (1875–1962)—Violinist 

Krutzen, Heidi (1969– )—Harpist

Kurkowicz, Johanna (1970– )—Violinist

Kondonassis, Yolanda (1963– )—Harpist

Lamson, Carl (1878–1976)—Pianist

Lanner, Max (1907–1991)—Pianist

Laskine, Lily (1893–1988)—Harpist

Lee, Sean (1987– )—Violinist

Luboshutz, Lea (1885–1965)—Violinist

Luboshutz, Pierre (1891–1971)—Pianist

Ma, Yo-Yo (1955– )—Cellist

Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti (1920–1995)—Pianist

Midori (1971– )—Violinist

Mitnik, Andrei (1911–1977)—Pianist

Moore, Francis (1886–1946)—Pianist 

Moore, Gerald (1899–1987)—Pianist

Neikrug, Marc (1946– )—Pianist

Nemenoff, Genia (1905–1989)—Pianist

Neubauer, Paul (1962– )—Violist

Nucci, Leo (1942– )—Baritone

Oistrakh, David (1908–1974)—Violinist

Oistrakh, Igor (1931–2021)—Violinist

Pace, Andrea (1978– )—Guitarist

Pahud, Emmanuel (1970– )—Flutist

Peled, Amit (1973– )—Cellist

Perahia, Murray (1947– )—Pianist

Perlman, Itzak (1945– )—Violinist

Phillips, Daniel (1956– )—Violinist

Pollini, Maurizio (1942–2024)—Pianist

Primrose, William (1904–1982)—Violist

Protodyakonova (Kiki), Maria (1987– )—Pianist

Rampal, Jean-Pierre (1922–2000)—Flutist 

Reiner, Charles (1924–2006)—Pianist

Richter, Anna Lucia (1990– )—Soprano

Richter, Svatoslav (1915–1997)—Pianist

Robison, Paula (1941– )—Flutist

Rogé, Pascal (1951– )—Pianist   

Rostropovich, Mstislav (1927–2007)—Cellist

Rubinstein, Arthur (1887–1982)—Pianist

Rupp, Franz (1901–1992)—Pianist

Sanders, Samuel (1937–1999)—Pianist

Schiff, András (1953– )—Pianist

Schwalb, Miklos (1903–1981)—Pianist

Seiger, Joseph (1923–?)—Pianist

Shetler, Norman (1931–2024)—Pianist

Sinclair, Erica (1991– )—Harpist

Starker, János (1924-2018)—Cellist

Szeryng, Henryk (1918–1988)—Violinist

Szigeti, Joseph (1892–1973)—Violinist

Um, Danbi (1990– )—Violinist

Varga, Tibor (1921–2003)—Violinist

Weiss, Orion (1981- )—Pianist

Wolf, Andrew (1943-1985)—Pianist

Wu Han (1959- )—Pianist

Yampolsky, Vladimir (1905–1965)—Pianist

Yang, Pauline (1987– )—Pianist

Zalai, Antal (1981– )—Violinist

Zazofsky, Peter (1954– )—Violinist

Zimbalist, Efrem (1890–1985)—Violinist

Zukerman, Pinchas (1948– )—Violinist

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