Isabelle Flory
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Isabelle FloryThe Strad ("5th prize, Isabelle Flory, French, born 1951") is a French violinist
.
She was a student of Yehudi Menuhin
, Joseph Gingold, and Henryk Szeryng
. She has won numerous prizes, including the Jacques Thibaud International competition in 1971 and the Carl Flesch
International competition in 1977.
She studied three years in Moscow
and two years at the Guildhall School of Music in London
.
Back in Paris
, she founded the Ensemble Arpeggione and, six years later, the Arpeggione Quartet.The Strad, Vol. 104 ("Isabelle Flory, now leader of the successful Arpeggione Quartet, actually studied with Calvet long ago, but there was no question of her playing quartets then. Instead, she went to Moscow to study with Kogan ...")
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
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She was a student of Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
, Joseph Gingold, and Henryk Szeryng
Henryk Szeryng
Henryk Szeryng was a Polish violinist.-Early years:He was born in Żelazowa Wola, Poland on 22 September 1918 into a wealthy family....
. She has won numerous prizes, including the Jacques Thibaud International competition in 1971 and the Carl Flesch
Carl Flesch
Carl Flesch was a violinist and teacher.Carl Flesch was born in Moson in Hungary in 1873. He began playing the violin at seven years of age. At 10, he was taken to Vienna, and began to study with Jakob Grün. At 17, he left for Paris, and joined the Paris Conservatoire...
International competition in 1977.
She studied three years in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and two years at the Guildhall School of Music in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Back in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, she founded the Ensemble Arpeggione and, six years later, the Arpeggione Quartet.The Strad, Vol. 104 ("Isabelle Flory, now leader of the successful Arpeggione Quartet, actually studied with Calvet long ago, but there was no question of her playing quartets then. Instead, she went to Moscow to study with Kogan ...")