Achille Rivarde (31 October 1865 â€" 31 March 1940) was an
American-born British violinist and teacher, who worked mainly in
Europe and London.Serge Achille Rivarde was born in New York City to a
Spanish father and an American mother. He studied under Felix Simon,
Henryk Wieniawski and José White Lafitte. At the age of eleven, he
became a pupil of Charles Dancla at the Paris Conservatoire, sharing
the first prize with FrantiÅ¡ek OndÅ™ÃÄ ek in 1879.He returned to
America for three years 1881-84. In 1885, aged only 19, he returned to
Paris to become principal violinist with the Orchestre Lamoureux. He
remained in that post till 1891. In 1893, in Paris, he and Harold
Bauer premiered Frederick Delius's Violin Sonata in B major.He made
his debut in London in 1894. In 1895 he gave Édouard Lalo's Symphonie
espagnole its UK premiere.
American-born British violinist and teacher, who worked mainly in
Europe and London.Serge Achille Rivarde was born in New York City to a
Spanish father and an American mother. He studied under Felix Simon,
Henryk Wieniawski and José White Lafitte. At the age of eleven, he
became a pupil of Charles Dancla at the Paris Conservatoire, sharing
the first prize with FrantiÅ¡ek OndÅ™ÃÄ ek in 1879.He returned to
America for three years 1881-84. In 1885, aged only 19, he returned to
Paris to become principal violinist with the Orchestre Lamoureux. He
remained in that post till 1891. In 1893, in Paris, he and Harold
Bauer premiered Frederick Delius's Violin Sonata in B major.He made
his debut in London in 1894. In 1895 he gave Édouard Lalo's Symphonie
espagnole its UK premiere.
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