Heifetz, Daniel (Alan)
Heifetz, Daniel (Alan)
Heifetz, Daniel (Alan), American violinist and teacher; b. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 20, 1948. He studied with several teachers in Los Angeles, then went to Philadelphia, where he had advanced training with Zimbalist, Galamian, and Jascha Brodsky at the Curtis Inst. of Music (1966–71). In 1969 he won 1st prize in the Merriweather Post Competition in Washington, D.C. On Jan. 20, 1970, he made his debut in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the National Sym. Orch. of Washington, D.C, on tour in N.Y. He then entered the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, winning 4th prize (1978). He concertized in Europe and throughout the Americas; from 1980 he taught at the Peabody Cons, of Music in Baltimore.
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