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Violin Virtuoso Zino Francescatti Born On This Day [ON-THIS-DAY]

By The Violin Channel

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French violin virtuoso René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti was born on this day in 1902

French violin virtuoso René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti was born on this day in 1902.

Dying in 1991, Maestro Francescatti is remembered as one of the pre-eminent violinists of all time.

For much of his career, he concertized on the 1727 ‘Hart’ Stradivarius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMXmkwdtDPc&showinfo=0&autohide=1

ZINO FRANCESCATTI | MOZART | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 4 | MOSHE ATZMON & BASEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ZINO FRANCESCATTI | BEETHOVEN | VIOLIN CONCERTO | JEAN FOURNET & NETHERLANDS RADIO PHILHARMONIC

ZINO FRANCESCATTI | BAZZINI | LA RONDE DES LUTINS

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