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Ysaye

American  
[ee-za-ee] / i zaˈi /

noun

  1. Eugène 1858–1931, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor.


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In this short program, there was room for one of the Bach partitas, or even one of the Ysaye sonatas that Murray recorded in 2012.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2018

The multi-sensory concert will present an eclectic range of musical stylings, including Ysaye Barnwell’s “We Are” and “Wanting Memories,” Aaron Copland’s “The Promise of Living,” and John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “In My Life.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2015

The singers will perform the world premiere of a newly commissioned choral work by Jim Papoulis and works by Ysaye M. Barnwell, Tom Benjamin, Pepper Choplin, Clif Hardin and others.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2014

In 1937, he won first prize in the Concours Eugene Ysaye, Belgium's international violin competition, later was awarded a first-class Stalin Prize.

From Time Magazine Archive

One need only listen to Ysaye, Elman, Kreisler: artists such as these employ the quick, intense vibrato with ideal effect.

From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Martens, Frederick Herman