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Hilary Hahn is probably the world’s best violinists of her or, arguably, any era. She is one particular rare performers who have both a colossal technique and interpretive acumen to create them aside from the majority of their competitors. Hahn had a significant recording agreement at 16, was called Best …

Elman was the next prodigy pupil of Leopold Auer (after Efrem Zimbalist) to be internationally famous before adolescence. Their Hungarian-born instructor — students of Joachim and following coach of Toscha Seidel, Jascha Heifetz and Nathan Milstein — was appointed teacher of violin in the St. Petersburg Imperial Conservatory in 1868. …