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Ginette Neveu

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French musician (1919-1949)

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Ginette Neveu was a French violinist. At the age of 15, she beat David Oistrakh to win the Polish Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. She made several concert tours and was considered to be 'one of the finest violinists of her generation'.

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Violinist Ginette Neveu, Sydney, July 1948Violinist Ginette Neveu, Sydney, July 1948Ginette Neveu ca. 1945Ginette Neveu ca. 1945Neveu's grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.Neveu's grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.Plaque in honour of Neveu at the Salle Pleyel.Plaque in honour of Neveu at the Salle Pleyel.

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Ginette Neveu was a French violinist. At the age of 15, she beat David Oistrakh to win the Polish Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. She made several concert tours and was considered to be 'one of the finest violinists of her generation'. Following an interruption to her career during the Second World War she resumed playing concerts more widely and made a small number of recordings. She died in the 1949 Air France Lockheed Constellation crash on São Miguel Island, in the Azores at the age of 30.

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France
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Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 1949 · aged 30
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