# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erich-gruenberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:34:00.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erich-gruenberg"
name: "Erich Gruenberg"
slug: "erich-gruenberg"
description: "Erich Gruenberg was an Austrian-born British violinist and teacher. Following studies in Israel, he was a principal violinist of major orchestras, including the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He was an international soloist, playing the first performance of Britten's Violin Concerto in Moscow. As a chamber musician, he was leader of the London String Quartet and recorded all Beethoven violin sonatas with pianist David Wilde. He was the lead violinist for The Beatles' album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Gruenberg taught at the Royal Academy of Music until age 95, influencing generations of violinists."
tagline: "Austrian-born British violinist and teacher"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-10-12"
deathDate: "2020-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.607452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اريتش جروينبيرج"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Gruenberg"
    title: "Erich Gruenberg"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Gruenberg"
    title: "Erich Gruenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エリック・グリューエンバーグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8E%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85"
    title: "Грюнберг, Эрих"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Gruenberg"
    title: "Erich Gruenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/94cde48e-bdf2-4415-a82a-0d4d4c38cac5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4151035"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump