American Violinist Aaron Rosand was born on this day in 1927 | A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music (@curtisinstitute), where he studied with Leon Sametini and Efrem Zimbalist, Mr Rosand served the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies teaching position on faculty at the Philadelphia school from 1981 until his retirement in 2018 His famed students included Benjamin Schmid, Alexander Kerr (@alexanderkerr), and VC Artists Ray Chen (@raychenviolin), Richard Lin (@richardlinviolin)

Violinist Efrem Zimbalist died on this day in 1985 | Long-time director of the Curtis Institute of Music, his famed students include Aaron Rosand, Oscar Shumsky, Felix Slatkin, and Joseph Silverstein | Here he plays Beethoven's "Kreutzer Sonata" with pianist Harold Bauer | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-efrem-zimbalist-died-in-1985/ | The Violin Channel