Fritz Kreisler

WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphia Orchestra on WRTI 90.1: Tchaikovsky and Elgar with a Kreisler Connection!

Gregg Whiteside

The last of Edward Elgar’s works to gain immediate popular success was his Violin Concerto, written for the great violinist Fritz Kreisler. And the…
Arts Desk

Violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Elgar's Violin Concerto, and the Mystery of the Five Dots

Susan Lewis

Sir Edward Elgar wrote his violin concerto for the great Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler, who premiered it in 1910. Among those who champion it today is…
Arts Desk

What's a Perfect Classical Work to Close a Violin Recital?

Susan Lewis

A lesser-known fantasy by twentieth-century violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler has captured the imagination of Benjamin Beilman, a 21st-century soloist…