{"id":226,"date":"2025-03-04T19:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fritzkreisler.org\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2025-04-26T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T12:07:08","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fritzkreisler.com\/de\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Geschichte"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"226\" class=\"elementor elementor-226\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-f284880 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"69316\" data-id=\"f284880\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-f598255 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"64743\" data-id=\"f598255\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fabc1c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fabc1c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE COMPETITION HISTORY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ea971 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"19ea971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9390f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9390f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Austria\u2019s most important violin competition dates back to the prize that Fritz Kreisler privately donated every year, before 1938, for the best violin student at the Vienna Music Academy.\u00a0 1979 saw the year that the competition became international, where violinists of all nationalities were able to compete on the centre stage. Yehudi Menuhin was on the jury at this time. 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-7190\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-7190\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition - Short chronology <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-download-arrow\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-54619ea e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"8478\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-7190\" data-id=\"54619ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-ee68a49 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"16835\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-7190\" data-id=\"ee68a49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebea038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebea038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1932-38\u00a0\u2022\u00a0The \u2018Fritz Kreisler Competition\u2019, as it was originally known, was an internal violin competition organized every year by the Vienna Music Academy \u2014 today the University of Music and Performing Arts \u2014 for the violin students. The first prize, donated by Kreisler, was given to the best violin student of the year.<\/p><p><br \/>1956\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Formative meeting between the young violin student from Salzburg, Michael Frischenschlager (19), with Fritz Kreisler (81) in New York.<\/p><p><br \/>1975\u00a0\u2022\u00a0On the occasion of a commemorative concert organized by Prof. Frischenschlager at the Vienna Music University, the idea arises together with Prof. Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Prof. Franz Samohyl to establish an international Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna.<\/p><p><br \/>1979\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<b>I.\u00a0<\/b><b>International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition<\/b>.\u00a0It successfully takes place on the 10th to the 19th of September in the Vienna Musikverein with Yehudi Menuhin as a jury member, Prof. Wolfgang Schneiderhan as President, and Prof. Franz Samohyl as Vice-president.<\/p><p><br \/>1983\u00a0\u2022\u00a0II.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0The competition takes place again in the Vienna Musikverein. Unfortunately, it ends with a large deficit of over 2 million Schillings. This means that \u2014 despite its successful debut \u2014 the Fritz Kreisler Competition had to wait until 1992 to mark its return.\u00a0<\/p><p><br \/>1984-88\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Irmgard Seefried and Wolfgang Schneiderhan convince the City of Vienna and the bank Creditanstalt Bankverein to pay off the debts. Prof. Schneiderhan asks Prof. Frischenschlager to become his successor and to rebuild the competition. He resigns as President and becomes an Honorary President.<\/p><p><br \/>1989-91\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Frischenschlager prepares to resume the competition by looking for sponsors, PR, and organizing promotional concerts. A Kreisler concert in the Caf\u00e9 Central in Vienna, broadcast on the ORF television, Kreisler concerts in New York (Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Hall) and Washington (Georgetown University) are such examples. Dr. Helmut Zilk \u2014 The Mayor of Vienna \u2014 welcomes the return of the competition.\u00a0<\/p><p><br \/>1992\u00a0\u2022\u00a0III.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0This time in the Vienna Konzerthaus. Gala-Final in the Great Hall with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. At the end, the prize winners perform on Kreisler\u2019s famous Guarneri violin (brought to Vienna from the Library of Congress in Washington with sponsorship from the Austrian National Bank). The ORF television broadcasts the Gala-Final. The primary funders are the City of Vienna and several Federal Ministries. The competition becomes part of the musical life in Vienna and thus, every four years, Vienna becomes the goal for the world\u2019s best young violinists.<\/p><p><br \/>1996\u00a0\u2022\u00a0IV.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0Now again in the Musikverein. Very high international participation. The Gala-Final is partially broadcast by ORF television. The Vienna City Councillor, Dr. Ursula Pasterk, presents the Fritz Kreisler Prize to the first prize winner. Due to Vienna\u2019s strong musical heritage, the name of Fritz Kreisler, the prestigious venues (Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna Musikverein) and to the innovative programme and jury rules, the competition becomes one of the favourite, most-subscribed international violin competitions. Prestigious cooperation partners include: the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the University of Music and Performing Arts, the Salzburg Festival, ORF, Naxos, Jeunesse-Musikalische Jugend.<\/p><p><br \/>2000\u00a0\u2022\u00a0V.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0In the Vienna Konzerthaus. As always, the competition is highly successful with a large number of participants. The culture department of the City of Vienna can no longer finance the Gala-Final, instead the Gerber Foundation (Zurich) provide additional funding.\u00a0<\/p><p><br \/>2005\u00a0\u2022\u00a0VI.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0In the Vienna Konzerthaus. Again, a highly successful event. Due to the passing of Mrs. Gerber (President of the Gerber Foundation), the Swiss funding for the Gala-Final is no longer possible. Due to this large loss in income and many increased costs, there is once again a deficit.\u00a0<\/p><p><br \/>2010\u00a0\u2022\u00a0VII.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0In the Vienna Konzerthaus. The quality and success prove to be very high once again. Frischenschlager manages to increase the income from sponsors. But increased costs (Konzerthaus-halls rental, graphic design and printing costs and participants accommodation) once again unfortunately lead to a deficit.<\/p><p><br \/>2014\u00a0\u2022\u00a0VIII.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0In the Vienna Konzerthaus. International participation remains high as well as the artistic level of the participants. A campaign subsidised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education enables many Viennese school pupils to attend the 19 concerts of the competition. Because of the continued diminishing income from sponsors, targeted savings are necessary through e.g., welcoming the participants into the homes of music-loving families of members of the Viennese Rotary Clubs.<\/p><p><br \/>2018\u00a0\u2022\u00a0IX.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0Once again in the Vienna Musikverein. Preparation proceeded as usual but another dramatic decline of sponsorship and the unexpected loss of the traditional funding from the Viennese city government made cancellation seem inevitable. However when all hope seems lost, Klaus Heymann, President of NAXOS (Beijing) allows the competition to go ahead with his personal support. A main sponsor in China, KUKE MUSIC HOLDING Ltd, was also instrumental in the survival of the competition. Thus, the competition can take place successfully. The University of Music and Performing Arts held the first and second round for the first time and the semi-final, Final I and Gala-Final were also live streamed. The competition concludes without a deficit for the first time since 2000.\u00a0<\/p><p><br \/><b>2022<\/b>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0The\u00a0X.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0A jubilee and an anniversary \u2014 the 60th year after Kreisler\u2019s passing. This means a renewed commitment to organizing the competition at the highest level and to honor the memory of Fritz Kreisler. 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-5460\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-5460\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Fritz Kreisler\u00b4s life - Short chronology <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-download-arrow\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-346b4da e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"81736\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-5460\" data-id=\"346b4da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-da2b464 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"57875\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-5460\" data-id=\"da2b464\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7417346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7417346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1875\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Born on 2 February in Vienna as the second of five children to a highly musical Jewish family that originated from Galicia.<\/p><p>1879\u00a0\u2022\u00a0First violin lessons at the age of 4. Fritz immediately exhibited spectacular musical talent.<\/p><p>1882 &#8211; 85\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Entry into the Vienna Conservatory as a child prodigy, pupil of Joseph Hellmesberger Junior and of Anton Bruckner. Sensational first public concerts. First composition as an 8-year old. Graduation with a Diploma and Gold Medal.<\/p><p>1885 &#8211; 87\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Continuation of his studies at the Paris Conservatory with Joseph Lambert Massart and Leo Delibes. 2 years later, graduation from his studies in Paris with the award of the Grand Premier Prix as by far the youngest student ever. This marked the end of Kreisler\u2019s formal violin tuition. Return to Vienna.<\/p><p>1888 &#8211; 89\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Concert tour of the prodigy in the USA with 50 concerts together with the pianist Moritz Rosenthal.<\/p><p>1889 &#8211; 95\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Back to Vienna. The violin was put aside. His father insists that he attends the Piaristen secondary school. Matura (school leaving exam), military service as a 1-year volunteer in the Imperial and Royal Army, reserve officer. Short attempt to study medicine at the University of Vienna. Prof. Billroth urges him in the stongest terms to follow a career in music.<\/p><p>1896 &#8211; 98\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Return to music, to the violin. Unsuccessful audition for the orchestra of the Imperial and Royal Court Opera (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra). Composition of the inspired cadenzas to Beethoven\u2019s violin concerto and of the first, soon to be famous, short violin pieces in historical styles. First concert tours as a soloist (Greece, Turkey, Russia). A year and a half after the failed attempt to become a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and after further successful concert tours (within the Hapsburg Empire, Germany), triumphant return to the Great Hall of the Musikverein as a soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Hans Richter on 23 January 1898.<\/p><p>1899 &#8211; 1914\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Beginning of his world career. 1 December 1899, first concert with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Arhur Nikisch. Ever more concert tours to all countries of Europe and the USA. 1902, marriage to Harriet Lies, the daughter of a New York tobacco wholesaler, who unconditionally supported her brilliant husband. Kreisler becomes a favourite of the public in all important concert halls around the world. 260 concerts per year. His compositions in historical styles, at first attributed to genuine old masters, as well as his Viennese melodies (Caprice Viennois, Fair Rosemary, Love\u2019s Joy, etc.) are met with great acclaim.<\/p><p>1910 &#8211; 12\u00a0\u2022\u00a070,000 copies of his compositions sold in a year. Exclusive record contract with Victor in London.<\/p><p>1912\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Piano trio Kreisler, Harold, Bauer, Casals.<\/p><p>1914 &#8211; 18\u00a0\u2022\u00a0First world war. Kreisler fulfils his duty as a reserve lieutenant of the army of his fatherland and goes \u2013 accompanied by his wife, a nurse for the Red Cross \u2013 to the Russian front. He is wounded and recovers. Moves to New York. Start of his great charitable activities (benefit concerts, fundraising) for Austrian war orphans and widows. After the USA joined the war, forced end to his concert activity. Composition of his first Operetta \u201cApple Blossoms\u201d. (Successful premiere, 1919 in New York). Composition of his string quartet in A minor.<\/p><p>1919 &#8211; 24\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Kreisler\u2019s first concert after the war in Carnegie Hall in aid of starving children in Vienna. His worldwide career continues with overwhelming success. Concert tours to China, Japan, Korea. In the USA, there are repeated relief actions for Austria that was in dire need. 1921, triumphant comeback in London, 1924 also in Paris. Nearly all of Kreisler\u2019s concerts in these years were for charitable causes. The Austrian government considers appointing Kreisler as Austrian Ambassador to the USA.<\/p><p>1925 &#8211; 38\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Kreisler is the most celebrated, highest paid violin virtuoso of his time. Moves back to Europe and buys a prestigious villa in Berlin. In addition to the usual tours in Europe and the USA, there are concert tours to the furthest flung continents (Australia, New Zealand, South America \u2014 to where he travelled in a Zeppelin). Creation of the Fritz Kreisler Prize for the best violin students of the Vienna Music Academy.<\/p><p>1932\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Premiere of Kreisler\u2019s second Operetta \u201cSissy\u201d in the Theater an der Wien with Paula Wessely and Hans Jaray as Sissy and Kaiser Franz Joseph, respectivley. Since 1933, Kreisler tried to prevent the discrimination of renowned Jewish artist colleagues in Berlin.<\/p><p>1935\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0The City of Vienna celebrates Kreisler\u2019s 60th birthday in the Townhall. The Mayor, Richard Schmitz, presents Kreisler with the Ring of Honour of his home city in the presence of dignitaries.<\/p><p>1939 &#8211; 45\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Kreisler refuses to accept an imposed German citizenship following the dissolution of Austria. His compositions are black-listed. He becomes an honorary citizen of France, leaves his Berlin residence and moves to New York, for the second time in his life, to the native country of his wife \u2014 this time for ever. Continued concert activity. 1941, there is a bad accident, Kreisler is runover by a lorry and seriously injured. 1943, composes his last compositions, again dedicated to his home city: \u201cViennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta\u201d. Became a naturalised American citizen.<\/p><p>1945\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0On his 70th birthday, Kreisler performs the Sibelius violin concerto at Carnegie Hall.<\/p><p>1945 &#8211; 62\u00a0\u2022\u00a0After the end of the war, the packages full of shoes, clothes, toys and medicines once again pile up at the collection points of aid organisations in Vienna and Berlin from Fritz and Harriet Kreisler. Gradual end to his concert activity following 60 years of unparalleled success.<\/p><p>1949\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Kreisler auctions his famous library (hand-written documents, early editions, first editions, incunabula) and donates the proceeds of ca. 1.5 milion euros in today\u2019s equivalent value to the New York Lennox Hospital and the Golden Rule Foundation.<\/p><p>1952\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Kreisler gifts his entire personal music property to the Library of Congress, including valuable autograph manuscripts \u2013 for example, that of the Brahms violin concerto \u2013 and his favourite violin, that he played for more than 20 years, a Guarnerius del Ges\u00f9 from 1733 \u2013 according to Hill the most beautiful Guarnerius that is still in existence today.<\/p><p>1955\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0The musical world, Heads of State, Monarchs, artists and music institutions from all continents honour Kreisler on the occasion of his 80th birthday.<\/p><p>1962\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0The life of the great Austrian violinist and composer, Kreisler, comes to an end on 29 January in New York.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-64345aa e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"41107\" data-id=\"64345aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-00b8538 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"97142\" data-id=\"00b8538\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c3b752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c3b752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FRITZ KREISLER<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-247cf76 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"247cf76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cb443b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cb443b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(Vienna, 1875 \u2013 1962, New York) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-93b5fa8 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"92946\" data-id=\"93b5fa8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-3e5d03e e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"30125\" data-id=\"3e5d03e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad4fc10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad4fc10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fritz Kreisler is regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. He was loved by audiences and revered by critics and colleagues. His long and colourful life was more worthy of a nineteenth-century novel, an epic story about a man who was a link between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in music, went through two world wars, and lived up to the modern comforts of the 1960s.<\/p><p>Kreisler was born on February 2, 1875. He is wunderkind during his childhood (could read music when he was three), he became in 1882 the youngest student admitted to the Vienna Conservatory. At ten he won the Conservatory gold medal and transferred to the Paris Conservatoire. In 1887, at 12, he was awarded the Conservatory\u2019s Premier Premier Prix. Kreisler\u2019s United States debut was in New York City\u2019s Steinway Hall on November 10, 1888. He continued to tour the U.S. until 1889. Back home, he applied and auditioned for a position in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra but was rejected. When he discovered that he did not receive a position in the orchestra, he thought of following his father\u2019s profession and did two years\u2019 medical training. In 1896 he decided on music and began his career as a travelling virtuoso. By World War I, in which he was conscripted, he served two stints in the Austrian army; he wounded in the leg and reported killed. Later he wrote a book about his military experience in Russia. He recalled: \u201cI envisaged myself operating on a patient in the morning, playing chess in the afternoon, giving a concert in the evening, and winning a battle at midnight.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-3ea5f0c e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"56397\" data-id=\"3ea5f0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c9f4d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c9f4d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a child he met C\u00e9sar Franck and Sigmund Freud. During his youth, he was part of Brahms\u2019 outer circle. He used to perform with Sergej Rachmaninov, and got to know Bruch, Joachim, Wolf, Glazunov, Schoenberg.<\/p><p>In addition to being an outstanding performer, Kreisler wrote a considerable amount of music, including pieces for violin and piano, violin solo, operettas, a string quartet, and many cadenzas. The Beethoven D major violin concerto cadenza is the most popular among violinists, and his music for violin remains staples of classical concert life today.<\/p><p>From 1924 Kreisler made his home in Berlin. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, Kreisler took French citizenship. At the start of World War II, Kreisler moved to the United States, and in 1943 became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In 1941 he was hit by a truck and spend several weeks in coma, however, he recovered and continued to perform until 1950.<\/p><p>During his whole life, Fritz Kreisler was a philanthropist. During the II War he generously helped war orphans and refugees and played charity concerts. He was known for his charitable contributions, he donated money, manuscripts, and with his talent and music he helped to create a better world.<\/p><p>He died in January 1962.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE COMPETITION HISTORY Austria\u2019s most important violin competition dates back to the prize that Fritz Kreisler privately donated every year, before 1938, for the best violin student at the Vienna Music Academy.\u00a0 1979 saw the year that the competition became international, where violinists of all nationalities were able to compete on the centre stage. Yehudi Menuhin was on the jury at this time. Since 1979, the International Fritz Kreisler Society typically organizes the International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition every four years at the Vienna Musikverein or the Vienna Konzerthaus.\u00a0 As one of the largest international violin competitions \u2013 established in 1979 by Wolfgang Schneiderhan and managed by Michael Frischenschlager since 1989 \u2013 the Fritz Kreisler International Competition, which to date has taken place nine times, is a source of attraction for young violinists from all over the world and is an event through which the City of Vienna pays tribute to one of its great artists and musicians. THE COMPETITION THE COMPETITION CULTURAL ROLE CULTURAL ROLE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS MUSICAL GOALS MUSICAL GOALS Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition &#8211; Short chronology 1932-38\u00a0\u2022\u00a0The \u2018Fritz Kreisler Competition\u2019, as it was originally known, was an internal violin competition organized every year by the Vienna Music Academy \u2014 today the University of Music and Performing Arts \u2014 for the violin students. The first prize, donated by Kreisler, was given to the best violin student of the year. 1956\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Formative meeting between the young violin student from Salzburg, Michael Frischenschlager (19), with Fritz Kreisler (81) in New York. 1975\u00a0\u2022\u00a0On the occasion of a commemorative concert organized by Prof. Frischenschlager at the Vienna Music University, the idea arises together with Prof. Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Prof. Franz Samohyl to establish an international Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna. 1979\u00a0\u2022\u00a0I.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0It successfully takes place on the 10th to the 19th of September in the Vienna Musikverein with Yehudi Menuhin as a jury member, Prof. Wolfgang Schneiderhan as President, and Prof. Franz Samohyl as Vice-president. 1983\u00a0\u2022\u00a0II.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0The competition takes place again in the Vienna Musikverein. Unfortunately, it ends with a large deficit of over 2 million Schillings. This means that \u2014 despite its successful debut \u2014 the Fritz Kreisler Competition had to wait until 1992 to mark its return.\u00a0 1984-88\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Irmgard Seefried and Wolfgang Schneiderhan convince the City of Vienna and the bank Creditanstalt Bankverein to pay off the debts. Prof. Schneiderhan asks Prof. Frischenschlager to become his successor and to rebuild the competition. He resigns as President and becomes an Honorary President. 1989-91\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Frischenschlager prepares to resume the competition by looking for sponsors, PR, and organizing promotional concerts. A Kreisler concert in the Caf\u00e9 Central in Vienna, broadcast on the ORF television, Kreisler concerts in New York (Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Hall) and Washington (Georgetown University) are such examples. Dr. Helmut Zilk \u2014 The Mayor of Vienna \u2014 welcomes the return of the competition.\u00a0 1992\u00a0\u2022\u00a0III.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0This time in the Vienna Konzerthaus. Gala-Final in the Great Hall with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. At the end, the prize winners perform on Kreisler\u2019s famous Guarneri violin (brought to Vienna from the Library of Congress in Washington with sponsorship from the Austrian National Bank). The ORF television broadcasts the Gala-Final. The primary funders are the City of Vienna and several Federal Ministries. The competition becomes part of the musical life in Vienna and thus, every four years, Vienna becomes the goal for the world\u2019s best young violinists. 1996\u00a0\u2022\u00a0IV.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0Now again in the Musikverein. Very high international participation. The Gala-Final is partially broadcast by ORF television. The Vienna City Councillor, Dr. Ursula Pasterk, presents the Fritz Kreisler Prize to the first prize winner. Due to Vienna\u2019s strong musical heritage, the name of Fritz Kreisler, the prestigious venues (Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna Musikverein) and to the innovative programme and jury rules, the competition becomes one of the favourite, most-subscribed international violin competitions. Prestigious cooperation partners include: the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the University of Music and Performing Arts, the Salzburg Festival, ORF, Naxos, Jeunesse-Musikalische Jugend. 2000\u00a0\u2022\u00a0V.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0In the Vienna Konzerthaus. As always, the competition is highly successful with a large number of participants. The culture department of the City of Vienna can no longer finance the Gala-Final, instead the Gerber Foundation (Zurich) provide additional funding.\u00a0 2005\u00a0\u2022\u00a0VI.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0In the Vienna Konzerthaus. Again, a highly successful event. Due to the passing of Mrs. Gerber (President of the Gerber Foundation), the Swiss funding for the Gala-Final is no longer possible. Due to this large loss in income and many increased costs, there is once again a deficit.\u00a0 2010\u00a0\u2022\u00a0VII.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0In the Vienna Konzerthaus. The quality and success prove to be very high once again. Frischenschlager manages to increase the income from sponsors. But increased costs (Konzerthaus-halls rental, graphic design and printing costs and participants accommodation) once again unfortunately lead to a deficit. 2014\u00a0\u2022\u00a0VIII.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0In the Vienna Konzerthaus. International participation remains high as well as the artistic level of the participants. A campaign subsidised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education enables many Viennese school pupils to attend the 19 concerts of the competition. Because of the continued diminishing income from sponsors, targeted savings are necessary through e.g., welcoming the participants into the homes of music-loving families of members of the Viennese Rotary Clubs. 2018\u00a0\u2022\u00a0IX.\u00a0International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition.\u00a0Once again in the Vienna Musikverein. Preparation proceeded as usual but another dramatic decline of sponsorship and the unexpected loss of the traditional funding from the Viennese city government made cancellation seem inevitable. However when all hope seems lost, Klaus Heymann, President of NAXOS (Beijing) allows the competition to go ahead with his personal support. A main sponsor in China, KUKE MUSIC HOLDING Ltd, was also instrumental in the survival of the competition. Thus, the competition can take place successfully. The University of Music and Performing Arts held the first and second round for the first time and the semi-final, Final I and Gala-Final were also live streamed.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"fritz.kreisler.competition","author_link":"https:\/\/fritzkreisler.com\/de\/author\/fritz-kreisler-competition\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"THE COMPETITION HISTORY Austria\u2019s most important violin competition dates back to the prize that Fritz Kreisler privately donated every year, before 1938, for the best violin student at the Vienna Music Academy.\u00a0 1979 saw the year that the competition became international, where violinists of all nationalities were able to compete on the centre stage. 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