Jascha Heifetz
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday2 February 1901
Died10 December 1987 (age 86)
Place of birthVilnius, Lithuania
Known credits9
Biography
From Wikipedia Jascha Heifetz (/ˈhaɪfɪts/; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1901 – December 10, 1987) was a Lithuanian-born American violinist. He was born in Vilnius. As a teen, he moved with his family to the United States, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He had a long and successful performing and recording career; after an injury to his right (bowing) arm, he focused on teaching. The New York Times called him "perhaps the greatest violinist of all time." Heifetz played a featured role in the movie They Shall Have Music (1939) directed by Archie Mayo and written…
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
2011 · Self (Archival footage)
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Rubinstein: In Performance
1977 · Self
Great Performances
1971 · Self
Jascha Heifetz Master Classes
1962 · Self
Of Men and Music
1951 · Self
Carnegie Hall
1947 · Jascha Heifetz
They Shall Have Music
1939 · Himself
Arthur Rubinstein
Self
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