Dénes Zsigmondy

After World War II, Zsigmondy was rejected by several orchestras before joining the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra when he impressed the conductor with his performance of Brahms' Violin Concerto. Following this appointment, Zsigmondy would perform as a soloist with the Berliner Symphoniker and the Vienna Symphony; the philharmonic orchestras of Tokyo, Budapest and Munich; and the radio orchestras of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney and Melbourne, and in Munich; as well as the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Camerata Salzburg. From 1971, he was a professor (later emeritus professor) of music at the University of Washington at Seattle, a visiting professor at Boston University, and conducted masterclasses at the New England Conservatory and other institutions around the world. He taught at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz in his later years. The couple had two daughters. Zsigmondy died, aged 91, at his home in Bavaria, Germany on 15 February 2014.

• Name — Dénes Zsigmondy • Birth Name — Dénes Liedemann • Born — 9 April 1922 • Birthplace — Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary • Died — 15 February 2014 • Place of death — Bavaria, Germany • Occupation — Classical violinist • Years Active — 1944–2014 • Children — 2