Eugène Ysaÿe
Belgian violinist, composer and conductor · Belgium · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1858 to 1931 · aged 72
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as his former student Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".
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A photograph of Eugène Ysaÿe
Ber Zalkind. "Cartoon of Violinist Eugène Ysaÿe" (1913)
Eugène Ysaÿe in Russia, 1883
Ysaÿe with violin![The text on the front side of the tomb stone reads: ''Monument érigé par le Comité National Belge de la Société des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique.'' This translates to: \"Monument erected by the Belgian National Committee of the Society of authors, composers and music publishers\"."}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwqg">Eugène Ysaÿe's grave in Brussels (Ixelles Cemetery)[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/S%C3%A9pulture_Eugene_Ysaye_01.jpg/1280px-S%C3%A9pulture_Eugene_Ysaye_01.jpg)
The text on the front side of the tomb stone reads: ''Monument érigé par le Comité National Belge de la Société des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique.'' This translates to: \"Monument erected by the Belgian National Committee of the Society of authors, composers and music publishers\"."}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwqg">Eugène Ysaÿe's grave in Brussels (Ixelles Cemetery)[6]![Bust of Eugène Ysaÿe in Liège (Boulevard Piercot [fr] gardens)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ysaye_a_Li%C3%A8ge.jpg/1280px-Eug%C3%A8ne_Ysaye_a_Li%C3%A8ge.jpg)
Bust of Eugène Ysaÿe in Liège (Boulevard Piercot [fr] gardens)
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About this person
Country
Belgium
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1858 to 1931 · aged 72
Where to find them
The same award as Eugène
Nikolaus HarnoncourtBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Peter Maxwell DaviesBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Hans von BülowBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Witold LutosławskiBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Alfred BrendelBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
John BarbirolliBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal