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Leila JosefowiczLeila Bronia Josefowicz (born October 20, 1977 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a classical violinist. Born into a Polish-English family, while a young child her family moved to California where she started studying violin at the age of three and a half using the Suzuki Method. At five she started formal lessons with Idel Low. At eight she switched to Robert Lipsett, California's top violin teacher. At age 13 her family moved to Philadelphia so she could attend the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Jaime Laredo, Joseph Gingold, Felix Galimer, and Jascha Brodsky. Still in her teens, she played with the symphonic orchestras of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Montreal and Toronto. Josefowicz made her Carnegie Hall debut in 1994 performing the Tchaikovsky Concerto with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. The same year she signed an exclusive recording contract with Philips Classics, recording the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius concertos. She has kept a busy schedule as a soloist, performing throughout North America, Europe, Japan, China, and Australia. The 1708 "Ruby" Stradivarius was loaned to her by the Stradivari Society in 1993-94. She more recently played on the 1739 "Ebersolt" Guarnerius del Ges loaned by Dr. Herbert Axelrod. On her 1995 album of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius concertos she plays both of these violins. Josefowicz, Leila Josefowicz, Leila Josefowicz, Leila Josefowicz, Leila
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