Philip Newman

BRODSKY, Adolph  (Taganrog April 2 1851 - Manchester Jan 22 1929)

Brodsky taught the violin at the newly formed Manchester of College of Music where Newman was a pupil of Brodsky who advised him to continue his studies by Ysaye assistant in Brussels.

EKKA, Anna  (nee Pinchasovitch)

A great friend of Newman's while he was residing in Berlin. Her father Salmo Pinchasovitch was the distinguished Cantor of the Berlin Alte Synagogue, who left a considerably legacy of cantorial recordings. Miss Pinchasovitch became Newman's accompanist while he was resident in Berlin until the Ekka family was compelled to flee from Germany in the early thirties to seek safety in South Africa. Anna Ekka provided much background information for this and the original article issued with the LP.

ELIZABETH, Queen of the Belgians  (July 25 1876 - November 23 1965)

ERNST, Heinrich  (Brunn Moravia May 6 1814 - Nice October 8 1865)

GINGOLD, Joseph  (Brest-Litovsk October 28 1909 - January 11 1995

Russian born US pedagogue. Teacher of many of today's outstanding violinists

HALIR, Carl   (Hohenelbe Bohemia February 1 1859 - Berlin December 21 1909)

HELLMESBERGER, Joseph Snr   (Vienna November 3 1828 - Vienna October 24 1893)

HESS, Willy  (Mannheim July 14 1859 - Berlin 1939)

Newman's original reason for going to Berlin was to study with the German's greatest violinist and teacher. Hess, had been professor of the violin at the Berlin Hochsculle from 1910 until his retirement. The previous holder of this position was Halir

HOLLANDER, Bernard

A well respected London lawyer who was Neman's uncle.

JAUME, Dr Alfonso

Well known sculptor whose bust of Newman is at the entrance of the Polenza Festival Site.

MENUHIN, Yehudi  (New York April 22 1916 - Berlin March 12 1999)

Child prodigy pupil of Persinger, Busch and Enescu. American violinist considered among the great virtuosos of his time.

NEWMAN, Pearl  (Manchester 1900 -

It was mainly through Pearl Newman that the memory of her violinist brother still survives. Her generosity in creating a competition in the name of her brother, and her gifts of Philip Newman's personal possessions to the Royal Northern College of Music. The remaining letters and documents the personal correspondence of Philip Newman were given to the author from which has come the LP recording and the accompanying article and finally the pages on this web site. These words and this information to the best of my knowledge are all that has been written about this remarkable violinist.

OISTRAKH, David  (Odessa September 30 1908 - Amsterdam October 24 1974)

After the competition of 1937 Oistrakh and Newman became close friends each recognising the others consummate musicianship from the beginning.

PINKASOVICH, Salmo  (Ukrain 1886 - London 1951)

Graduated from Odessa Conservatoire 1904. Was for some time Cantor in the Alte Synagogue Berlin. He made hundreds of recordings mainly for the Homochord and DGG companies in Germany. There is an LP transfer available of some of his recordings from the years 1920 - 1930 on PEARL #AGP0856 (1993),he is also included in the PEARL series THE GREAT CANTORS.

POLLENZA, Festival

POTTER, Tully

Distinguished and knowledgeable writer and author on musical subjects for the Strad Magazine and many other publications which included International Classical Record Collector magazine of which he is now the editor.

RABELO

VIEUXTEMPS, Henri   (Verviers February 17 1820 - Mustapha Algers June 6 1881)

One of the most brilliant soloists of his time. He composed seven violin concertos and many other works for his instrument that were regularly performed by the composer. But these works have been neglected for many years. These brilliant compositions for the violin are now gaining popularity once again. The Naxos record company has started producing recordings of the violin concertos with the brilliant Russian born US violinist Misha Keylin. Newman was the keeper of the Ex - Vieuxtemps'   (1741) del Gesu from 1942 until his death in 1966.

YSAYE, Eugene  (Liege July 16 1858 - Brussels May 12 193 1)

One of the greatest violinists of all time. Newman had intended to study with Ysaye on the recommendation of Brodsky but this was not to be and he studied with Ysaye's first assistant. Newman's admiration for Ysaye knew no bounds he had idolised the master violinist from an early age.