Frederick Grinke
| Frederick Grinke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 August 1911 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | 16 March 1987 (aged 75) Ipswich, UK |
| Occupation | violinist |
Frederick Grinke (8 August 1911 - 16 March 1987) was a Canadian born violinist who had an international career as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. He was known especially for his performances of 20th-century English music.
Frederick Grinke started learning to play violin at the age of 9, and studied with John Waterhouse (violinist) and others in Winnipeg. He made his first broadcast at the age of about 12, and formed a trio at age 15. In 1927, he won a Dominion of Canada scholarship award to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied with Rowsby Woof. He continued his studies (at age 21) for a summer with Adolf Busch in Switzerland, and afterwards in Belgium and London with Carl Flesch.
Hamilton Harty Considered appointing him leader of the London Symphony Orchestra at age 21, but finally the offer was not made on account of his youth. From around 1930 to 1936, Grinke was second violin of the Kutcher String Quartet (in which John Barbirolli was for a time the 'cellist). In 1935, with pianist, Dorothy Manley, he gave the premiere of the Canadian composer Hector Gratton's Quatrieme danse canadienne. It was with Manley and Florence Hooton, both fellow-students at the Academy, that Grinke formed his trio, Kendall Taylor later replacing Manley.
In 1937 he became concertmaster of the Boyd Neel Orchestra. His first performance with them was Salzburg Festival in 1937, giving the premiere of Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge By Benjamin Britten. He began teaching as Professor at the Royal Academy in 1939. Included among his pupils, were many who went on to become leading British artists (including Sydney Humphreys (of the Aeolian Quartet), Clarence Myerscough and Rosemary Rapaport).
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