Rubinstein Erna
violin
Place of Birth
Nagyszeben
Date of Birth
1903
Erna Rubinstein Hungarian violinist was born on March 3, 1903 in Sibiu (Romania). She was a student of József Füredi in Debrecen, and from 1913 to 1918 she was a pupil of Jenő Hubay at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. She studied conducting too and after graduating she was the conductor of Symphonic Orchestra Debrecen.
She toured as a violinist in Europe and the United States too. She gave a recital at Carnegie Hall in 1922. She worked together with e.g. Pierre Monteux, Frieda Hempel, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Artúr Nikisch, the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Willem Mengelberg.
She appeared in two films, Stolen Wednesday (1933, also known as Tokajerglut), and Under a Gypsy Moon (1938, a musical short). She was heard on the Bing Crosby radio program in 1939, and was a guest performer with the El Paso Orchestra that year.
She moved to the USA after the second world war. She was a teacher of the faculty of the Studio City Branch of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music too. After her hand was injured seriously she lost her musical ability and moved to San Lorenzo, California, where she used the name Edna Ford. She died on September 22, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
She toured as a violinist in Europe and the United States too. She gave a recital at Carnegie Hall in 1922. She worked together with e.g. Pierre Monteux, Frieda Hempel, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Artúr Nikisch, the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Willem Mengelberg.
She appeared in two films, Stolen Wednesday (1933, also known as Tokajerglut), and Under a Gypsy Moon (1938, a musical short). She was heard on the Bing Crosby radio program in 1939, and was a guest performer with the El Paso Orchestra that year.
She moved to the USA after the second world war. She was a teacher of the faculty of the Studio City Branch of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music too. After her hand was injured seriously she lost her musical ability and moved to San Lorenzo, California, where she used the name Edna Ford. She died on September 22, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.