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Jan HřímalýИван Войцеховнч ГржималиCzech violinist. Born at Plzeň on 13 April 1844, the second son of the organist Vojtěch Hřímalý (1809-1880). Hřímalý studied violin at the Prague Conservatory (1855-1861), and went on to become leader of the Amsterdam Orchestra (1862-1868). In 1869 he was appointed violin teacher at the Moscow Conservatory, where in 1874 he succeeded his father-in-law Ferdinand Laub as professor of violin studies. It was at the conservatory that he became acquainted with Tchaikovsky. He also played at the premieres of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 2 (1874), String Quartet No. 3 (1876) and Piano Trio (1882), and was leader of the Russian Musical Society Orchestra in Moscow from 1874 until 1906. Jan Hřímalý died on 11/24 January 1915 in Moscow, aged 70. |