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Harvey Shapiro (cellist)
Harvey Shapiro (June 22, 1911 – October 25, 2007) was an American cellist and teacher. His professional debut was in 1935 at New York City's Town Hall. Following this, he was chosen by Arturo Toscanini to play in the cello section of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, whereupon he became its principal in 1943. He was also a founding member of its associated chamber ensembles, the Primrose Quartet and NBC Trio.
After leaving the NBC Symphony in 1946, Shapiro performed prolifically as a studio musician and chamber musician. In 1947, he was a founding member of the WQXR Radio Quartet, which played the international and American premieres of works by various composers until its dissolution in 1963.
From 1970, Shapiro turned his focus to teaching. He taught at the Juilliard School, and gave summer classes and master classes elsewhere in the United States, Canada, and Europe; continuing until 2006. He died in 2007.
Harvey Shapiro was born in New York City to Russian immigrant parents in 1911. He began cello lessons at age 7 with Willem Willeke. Willeke was the director of the South Mountain Music Festival and Walter W. Naumburg Foundation, as well as the president of The Bohemians, a New York music club. He was invited at the age of 8 to study with Julius Klengel in Germany, but was forced to decline on account of his family's lack of financial resources. For a time, economic hardship led Shapiro and his family to move to San Francisco; he later returned to New York City where he settled permanently.
At the age of 9, Shapiro won a scholarship to study at the Institute of Musical Art, the predecessor institution of the Juilliard School. Upon graduation he won the Loeb Prize in 1932, followed by the Naumburg Prize in 1935. He also won the Willem Willeke Scholarship to continue graduate studies at Juilliard, with a fellowship in conducting.
Shapiro made his professional debut at Town Hall in New York City on November 11, 1935. His recital partner was pianist Harry Kaufman. While Harold A. Strickland of the Brooklyn Times-Union appraised Shapiro's tone as "not yet agreeable of texture" and criticized his interpretative skills as "limited," Winthrop Sargeant of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle was more positive:
[O]ne was able to perceive that Mr. Shapiro is a talented and thoughtful young musician, not yet capable of interpreting the great works of the repertoire with all the authority of a mature artist, but, nevertheless, showing seriousness of purpose and mechanical resourcefulness that promise well for the future.
In 1937, Shapiro was selected by Arturo Toscanini to join the cello section of the NBC Symphony Orchestra; he was appointed principal cello in 1943 and remained with the ensemble until 1946.
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Harvey Shapiro (cellist)
Harvey Shapiro (June 22, 1911 – October 25, 2007) was an American cellist and teacher. His professional debut was in 1935 at New York City's Town Hall. Following this, he was chosen by Arturo Toscanini to play in the cello section of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, whereupon he became its principal in 1943. He was also a founding member of its associated chamber ensembles, the Primrose Quartet and NBC Trio.
After leaving the NBC Symphony in 1946, Shapiro performed prolifically as a studio musician and chamber musician. In 1947, he was a founding member of the WQXR Radio Quartet, which played the international and American premieres of works by various composers until its dissolution in 1963.
From 1970, Shapiro turned his focus to teaching. He taught at the Juilliard School, and gave summer classes and master classes elsewhere in the United States, Canada, and Europe; continuing until 2006. He died in 2007.
Harvey Shapiro was born in New York City to Russian immigrant parents in 1911. He began cello lessons at age 7 with Willem Willeke. Willeke was the director of the South Mountain Music Festival and Walter W. Naumburg Foundation, as well as the president of The Bohemians, a New York music club. He was invited at the age of 8 to study with Julius Klengel in Germany, but was forced to decline on account of his family's lack of financial resources. For a time, economic hardship led Shapiro and his family to move to San Francisco; he later returned to New York City where he settled permanently.
At the age of 9, Shapiro won a scholarship to study at the Institute of Musical Art, the predecessor institution of the Juilliard School. Upon graduation he won the Loeb Prize in 1932, followed by the Naumburg Prize in 1935. He also won the Willem Willeke Scholarship to continue graduate studies at Juilliard, with a fellowship in conducting.
Shapiro made his professional debut at Town Hall in New York City on November 11, 1935. His recital partner was pianist Harry Kaufman. While Harold A. Strickland of the Brooklyn Times-Union appraised Shapiro's tone as "not yet agreeable of texture" and criticized his interpretative skills as "limited," Winthrop Sargeant of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle was more positive:
[O]ne was able to perceive that Mr. Shapiro is a talented and thoughtful young musician, not yet capable of interpreting the great works of the repertoire with all the authority of a mature artist, but, nevertheless, showing seriousness of purpose and mechanical resourcefulness that promise well for the future.
In 1937, Shapiro was selected by Arturo Toscanini to join the cello section of the NBC Symphony Orchestra; he was appointed principal cello in 1943 and remained with the ensemble until 1946.
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