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Lea Luboshutz
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Born	February 22, 1885; Odessa, Russian Empire
Died	March 18, 1965 (aged 80)
Genres	Classical
Instrument	Violin

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Lea Luboshutz (February 22, 1885 – March 18, 1965) was a Russian violinist. She had a performing career in Europe and the United States of America, settling in America and becoming a teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She was the mother of the conductor Boris Goldovsky and the sister of the pianist Pierre Luboshutz and the cellist, Anna Luboshutz.^[1]

Early life

Born in Odessa, Russian Empire,^[2] her first teacher was her father. Her mother supported the family by selling pianos. A child prodigy, Lea gave her first concert at the age of five and went on to study with Emil Młynarski, a protégé of Leopold Auer. When Auer came to Odessa, he was so impressed that he invited the eight-year-old child to come to study with him in Saint Petersburg, but the family could not afford to send and maintain Lea there. Two siblings came at about this time – Anna (who became a cellist) and Pierre, a pianist. Lea came to the Moscow Conservatory at age 11, on an invitation by Vasily Safonov, and ended her studies there winning the gold medal in May 1903.^[2] Her patron, Lazar Polyakov, purchased an Amati violin for her.

Early career

She quickly became well established in Moscow musical circles^[3] and began to tour in Russia and eastern Europe. At the age of sixteen, she met Onissim Goldovsky, a prominent and wealthy attorney active in political circles. Though married to the writer Rashel Khin, Goldovsky established a household with Luboshutz and the couple had three children though Goldovsky remaining married to Khin for the rest of his life. The Goldovsky/Luboshutz apartment became a gathering place for musicians and theatre people – many visiting performers, including Pablo Casals, stayed there during tours to the City. During the summer of 1905, Lea went to Belgium for post-graduate studies with Eugène Ysaÿe. Meanwhile, with her brother and sister, Lea formed the Luboshutz Trio that toured throughout Russia and played at Leo Tolstoy's state funeral. Lea also performed at the court of the Romanovs^[4] and appeared regularly in Russia and Europe with the basso Fyodor Chaliapin and in concerts organized by Serge Koussevitzky. Lea made her first trip to the United States in 1907 but her tour was cut short by pregnancy.

The Russian Revolution, Berlin and Paris

Following the Russian Revolution, Goldovsky and Luboshutz decided to emigrate and she departed, first going to Germany on a concert tour in 1921 with her 13-year-old son Boris serving as her accompanist, never to return. Onissim Goldovsky died the next year, not having managed to leave the Soviet Union. Living as a single mother in Berlin and then in Paris, she toured throughout Europe and, under impresario Sol Hurok's banner, throughout the United States. There she introduced many new works to American audiences including playing the New York premiere of the first violin concerto of Serge Prokofiev with Ernst von Dohnanyi conducting the orchestra.^[3]

Later career in the United States

In 1924, she began touring internationally with the pianist, Josef Hofmann, and when he was subsequently appointed to the Directorship of the Curtis Institute of Music in 1927, he invited her to join the violin department,^[5] a post she held until 1945.^[2] After one of Luboshutz's Carnegie Hall appearances, another wealthy patron, Aaron Naumburg, purchased a Stradivarius violin for her (the so-called "Nightingale"). Her students included a concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra (Rafael Druian), seven members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and numerous others who went on to successful careers. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Curtis Institute of Music in 1953.

Luboshutz died at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1965.^[2]

A musical family

Luboshutz's sister Anna became a celebrated cellist in the Soviet Union who was also a gold medal winner at the Moscow Conservatory.^[6] Her brother Pierre Luboshutz formed a well-known duo-piano team with his wife Genia Nemenoff. Her son, Boris Goldovsky, started his career as a pianist but became an opera impresario and teacher. Two grandsons, Andrew and Thomas Wolf, also had careers in music.

References

^ Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1973). Biographical Dictionary of American Music. New York: Parker Publishing. p. 281. ISBN 9780130763310.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Lea Luboshutz, Famed Violinist, Is Dead at 80". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. March 19, 1965. p. 34. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Goldovsky, Boris; Cate, Curtis (1979). My Road to Opera. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395277607.
^ Saleski, Gdal (1927). Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race. New York: Bloch Publishing.
^ Curtis Institute of Music (October 15, 1929). Overtones Vol 1, No. 1. Philadelphia: Curtis Institute of Music.
^ Zquadskaya, N (November 14, 1969). Devotion to Art. Moscow: Muzykalnaya Zhisn (Musical Life).

Sources

Wolf, Thomas, The Nightingale's Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz, New York and London: Pegasus Books, 2019. ISBN 978-1-64313-067-5
Goldovsky, Boris and Curtis Cate, My Road to Opera, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979
Luboshitz, Anna, "A Musical Life" from "Muzykalnaya Zhizn" (Musical Life), Moscow: November 14, 1969
Overtones, Philadelphia: Curtis Institute of Music, vol. 1, no. 1, October 15, 1929
Saleski, Gdal, Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race, New York: Bloch Publishing, 1927
Laila Storch: Marcel Tabuteau: How do you Expect to Play the Oboe if you can't Peel a Mushroom?, Bloomington (IN): Indiana University Press, 2008

[1] Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1973). Biographical Dictionary of American Music. New York: Parker Publishing. p. 281. ISBN 9780130763310.

[Obit-2] "Lea Luboshutz, Famed Violinist, Is Dead at 80". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. March 19, 1965. p. 34. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[Goldovsky-3] Goldovsky, Boris; Cate, Curtis (1979). My Road to Opera. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395277607.

[4] Saleski, Gdal (1927). Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race. New York: Bloch Publishing.

[5] Curtis Institute of Music (October 15, 1929). Overtones Vol 1, No. 1. Philadelphia: Curtis Institute of Music.

[6] Zquadskaya, N (November 14, 1969). Devotion to Art. Moscow: Muzykalnaya Zhisn (Musical Life).

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+'''Lea Luboshutz''' (February 22, 1885 – March 18, 1965) was a Russian violinist. She had a performing career in Europe and the United States of America, settling in America and becoming a teacher at the [[Curtis Institute of Music]] in [[Philadelphia]]. She was the mother of the conductor [[Boris Goldovsky]] and the sister of the pianist [[Pierre Luboshutz]] and the cellist, [[Anna Luboshutz]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Claghorn|first1=Charles Eugene|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Music|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00clag|url-access=registration|date=1973|publisher=Parker Publishing|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00clag/page/281 281]|isbn=9780130763310}}</ref>
 ==Early life==
-Born in [[Odessa]], Ukraine, her first teacher was her father. Her mother supported the family by selling pianos.  A child prodigy, Lea gave her first concert at the age of five and went on to study with [[Emil Młynarski]], a protégé of [[Leopold Auer]].  When Auer came to Odessa, he was so impressed that he invited the eight-year-old child to come to study with him in [[Saint Petersburg]], but the family could not afford to send and maintain Lea there.  Two siblings came at about this time – Anna (who became a cellist) and Pierre, a pianist. Lea came to the [[Moscow Conservatory]] at age 11, on an invitation by [[Vasily Safonov]], and ended her studies there winning the gold medal in May 1903. Her patron, [[Lazar Polyakov]], purchased an [[Amati violin]] for her.<!--Unpublished, can't be used as ref in a verifiability logic: <ref>{{cite book|last1=Luboshutz|first1=Lea|title=Memoir|date=1936|publisher=Unpublished|location=in Wolf family archive}}</ref>-->
+Born in [[Odessa]], [[Russian Empire]],<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |title=Lea Luboshutz, Famed Violinist, Is Dead at 80 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100096138/lea-luboshutz-1885-1965/ |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 19, 1965 |location=Philadelphia, PA |page=34 |accessdate=April 20, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> her first teacher was her father. Her mother supported the family by selling pianos.  A child prodigy, Lea gave her first concert at the age of five and went on to study with [[Emil Młynarski]], a protégé of [[Leopold Auer]].  When Auer came to Odessa, he was so impressed that he invited the eight-year-old child to come to study with him in [[Saint Petersburg]], but the family could not afford to send and maintain Lea there.  Two siblings came at about this time – Anna (who became a cellist) and Pierre, a pianist. Lea came to the [[Moscow Conservatory]] at age 11, on an invitation by [[Vasily Safonov]], and ended her studies there winning the gold medal in May 1903.<ref name="Obit"/> Her patron, [[Lazar Polyakov]], purchased an [[Amati violin]] for her.<!--Unpublished, can't be used as ref in a verifiability logic: <ref>{{cite book|last1=Luboshutz|first1=Lea|title=Memoir|date=1936|publisher=Unpublished|location=in Wolf family archive}}</ref>-->
 ==Early career==
-She quickly became well established in Moscow musical circles <ref name="Goldovsky">{{cite book|last1=Goldovsky|first1=Boris|last2=Cate|first2=Curtis|title=My Road to Opera|url=https://archive.org/details/myroadtooperare00gold|url-access=registration|date=1979|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|location=Boston}}</ref> and began to tour in Russia and eastern Europe.  At the age of sixteen, she met [[Onissim Goldovsky]], a prominent and wealthy attorney active in political circles. Though married to the writer [[Rashel Khin]], Goldovsky established a household with Luboshutz and the couple had three children though Goldovsky remaining married to Khin for the rest of his life. The Goldovsky/Luboshutz apartment became a gathering place for musicians and theatre people – many visiting performers, including [[Pablo Casals]], stayed there during tours to the City. During the summer of 1905, Lea went to Belgium for post-graduate studies with [[Eugène Ysaÿe]].  Meanwhile, with her brother and sister, Lea formed the [[Luboshutz Trio]] that toured throughout Russia and played at [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s state funeral.  Lea also performed at the court of the [[Romanov]]s <ref>{{cite book|last1=Saleski|first1=Gdal|title=Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race|date=1927|publisher=Bloch Publishing|location=New York}}</ref> and appeared regularly in Russia and Europe with the basso [[Fyodor Chaliapin]] and in concerts organized by [[Serge Koussevitzky]]. Lea made her first trip to the United States in 1907 but her tour was cut short by pregnancy.
+She quickly became well established in Moscow musical circles<ref name="Goldovsky">{{cite book|last1=Goldovsky|first1=Boris|last2=Cate|first2=Curtis|title=My Road to Opera|url=https://archive.org/details/myroadtooperare00gold|url-access=registration|date=1979|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|location=Boston|isbn=9780395277607}}</ref> and began to tour in Russia and eastern Europe.  At the age of sixteen, she met [[Onissim Goldovsky]], a prominent and wealthy attorney active in political circles. Though married to the writer [[Rashel Khin]], Goldovsky established a household with Luboshutz and the couple had three children though Goldovsky remaining married to Khin for the rest of his life. The Goldovsky/Luboshutz apartment became a gathering place for musicians and theatre people – many visiting performers, including [[Pablo Casals]], stayed there during tours to the City. During the summer of 1905, Lea went to Belgium for post-graduate studies with [[Eugène Ysaÿe]].  Meanwhile, with her brother and sister, Lea formed the [[Luboshutz Trio]] that toured throughout Russia and played at [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s state funeral.  Lea also performed at the court of the [[Romanov]]s<ref>{{cite book|last1=Saleski|first1=Gdal|title=Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race|date=1927|publisher=Bloch Publishing|location=New York}}</ref> and appeared regularly in Russia and Europe with the basso [[Fyodor Chaliapin]] and in concerts organized by [[Serge Koussevitzky]]. Lea made her first trip to the United States in 1907 but her tour was cut short by pregnancy.
 ==The Russian Revolution, Berlin and Paris==
-Following the [[Russian Revolution]] , Goldovsky and Luboshutz decided to emigrate and she departed, first going to Germany on a concert tour in 1921 with her 13-year-old son Boris serving as her accompanist, never to return. Onissim Goldovsky died the next year, not having managed to leave the Soviet Union.  Living as a single mother in Berlin and then in Paris, she toured throughout Europe and, under impresario [[Sol Hurok]]’s banner, throughout the United States.  There she introduced many new works to American audiences including playing the New York premiere of the first violin concerto of [[Serge Prokofiev]] with [[Ernst von Dohnanyi]] conducting the orchestra.<ref name="Goldovsky" />
+Following the [[Russian Revolution]], Goldovsky and Luboshutz decided to emigrate and she departed, first going to Germany on a concert tour in 1921 with her 13-year-old son Boris serving as her accompanist, never to return. Onissim Goldovsky died the next year, not having managed to leave the Soviet Union.  Living as a single mother in Berlin and then in Paris, she toured throughout Europe and, under impresario [[Sol Hurok]]'s banner, throughout the United States.  There she introduced many new works to American audiences including playing the New York premiere of the first violin concerto of [[Serge Prokofiev]] with [[Ernst von Dohnanyi]] conducting the orchestra.<ref name="Goldovsky" />
 ==Later career in the United States==
-In 1924, she began touring internationally with the pianist, [[Josef Hofmann]], and when he was subsequently appointed to the Directorship of the [[Curtis Institute of Music]] in 1927, he invited her to join the violin department,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Curtis Institute of Music|title= Overtones Vol 1, No. 1|date=October 15, 1929|publisher=Curtis Institute of Music|location=Philadelphia}}</ref> a post she held until 1947.  After one of Luboshutz’s Carnegie Hall appearances, another wealthy patron, [[Aaron Naumburg]], purchased a [[Stradivarius violin]] for her (the so-called “Nightingale”).  Her students included a concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra ([[Rafael Druian]]), seven members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and numerous others who went on to successful careers. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Curtis Institute of Music in 1953.
+In 1924, she began touring internationally with the pianist, [[Josef Hofmann]], and when he was subsequently appointed to the Directorship of the [[Curtis Institute of Music]] in 1927, he invited her to join the violin department,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Curtis Institute of Music|title= Overtones Vol 1, No. 1|date=October 15, 1929|publisher=Curtis Institute of Music|location=Philadelphia}}</ref> a post she held until 1945.<ref name="Obit"/> After one of Luboshutz's Carnegie Hall appearances, another wealthy patron, [[Aaron Naumburg]], purchased a [[Stradivarius violin]] for her (the so-called "Nightingale").  Her students included a concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra ([[Rafael Druian]]), seven members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and numerous others who went on to successful careers. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Curtis Institute of Music in 1953.
+Luboshutz died at [[Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia|Einstein Medical Center]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania in 1965.<ref name="Obit"/>
 ==A musical family==
-Luboshutz's sister Anna became a celebrated cellist in the Soviet Union who was also a gold medal winner at the Moscow Conservatory.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zquadskaya|first1=N|title=Devotion to Art|date=November 14, 1969|publisher=Muzykalnaya Zhisn (Musical Life)|location=Moscow}}</ref> Her brother Pierre Luboshutz formed a well-known duo-piano team with his wife Genia Nemenoff.  Her son, [[Boris Goldovsky]], started his career as a pianist but became an opera impresario and teacher.  Two grandsons, Andrew and Thomas Wolf, also had careers in music.
+Luboshutz's sister Anna became a celebrated cellist in the Soviet Union who was also a gold medal winner at the Moscow Conservatory.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zquadskaya|first1=N|title=Devotion to Art|date=November 14, 1969|publisher=Muzykalnaya Zhisn (Musical Life)|location=Moscow}}</ref> Her brother Pierre Luboshutz formed a well-known duo-piano team with his wife [[Genia Nemenoff]].  Her son, [[Boris Goldovsky]], started his career as a pianist but became an opera impresario and teacher.  Two grandsons, Andrew and Thomas Wolf, also had careers in music.
 ==References==
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 ==Sources==
-*Wolf, Thomas, ''The Nightingale’s Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz'', New York and London: Pegasus Books, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-64313-067-5}}
+* Wolf, Thomas, ''The Nightingale's Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz'', New York and London: Pegasus Books, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-64313-067-5}}
-*Goldovsky, Boris and Curtis Cate, ''My Road to Opera'', Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979
+* Goldovsky, Boris and Curtis Cate, ''My Road to Opera'', Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979
-*Luboshitz, Anna, “A Musical Life” from “Muzykalnaya Zhizn” (Musical Life), Moscow: November 14, 1969
+* Luboshitz, Anna, "A Musical Life" from "Muzykalnaya Zhizn" (Musical Life), Moscow: November 14, 1969
-<!-- *Luboshutz, Lea, unpublished memoir dated 1936; A later version titled “LUBO: Four Generations of Music,” is undated -->
+<!-- *Luboshutz, Lea, unpublished memoir dated 1936; A later version titled "LUBO: Four Generations of Music," is undated -->
-*''Overtones'', Philadelphia: Curtis Institute of Music, vol. 1, no. 1, October 15, 1929
+* ''Overtones'', Philadelphia: Curtis Institute of Music, vol. 1, no. 1, October 15, 1929
-*Saleski, Gdal, Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race, New York: Bloch Publishing, 1927
+* Saleski, Gdal, Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race, New York: Bloch Publishing, 1927
-*Leila Storch: Marcel Tabuteau: How do you Expect to Play the Oboe if you can’t Peel a Mushroom?, Bloomington (IN): Indiana University Press, 2008
+* Laila Storch: Marcel Tabuteau: How do you Expect to Play the Oboe if you can't Peel a Mushroom?, Bloomington (IN): Indiana University Press, 2008
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