Violin david nadien biography

Musical artist

David Nadien (March 12, – May 28, ) was an American virtuoso violinist and violin teacher. He was the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from to His playing style, characterized by fast vibrato, audible shifting noises, and superb bow control, has been compared to that of Jascha Heifetz.^[1]

Life

David Nadien was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 12, , the son of Russian-Jewish father George Nadien and Dutch-Jewish mother Bertha Zwart.^[2] His father was a local boxer who went by the last name "Vanderbilt."

He started learning violin with his father, then entered the Mannes School of Music.

He also studied at the Juilliard School. His teachers included Adolfo Betti, Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Adolf Busch and Ivan Galamian.^[3] When he was 18, he was drafted into the US Army, and played with the Army Service Forces Orchestra on the recommendation of Philadelphia Orchestra principal bassoonist Sol Schoenb