Edith Peinemann

Edith Peinemann (3 March 1937 – 25 February 2023 ) was an internationally recognized German violinist and professor of violin. At age nineteen she won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, and made her U.S. debut as soloist in 1962 with Max Rudolf, after which she became a protégée of George Szell. In 2005 she became president of the European String Teachers Association.

She made few recordings during her career, making her a "cult figure among violinists." Peinemann is considered one of the world's "finest violinists of her time."

Career Peinemann was born in Mainz, Germany, the daughter of a Mainz orchestra's concertmaster, with whom she learned violin until the age of fourteen. She later studied with Max Rostal in London, and would fulfill the "prophecy of violinist Yehudi Menuhin who, upon hearing her play when she was 19, predicted a 'brilliant and successful career'."

Critic Roger Hecht described her recorded performance with Kempe:

Discography (partial) Source: Discogs.com

Pfitzner Violin Concerto, (1959) Vienna Festival – Edith Peinemann – Bamberg Symphony – Joseph Keilberth – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester a-moll Op. 53 / Tzigane (1966) Anton Dvořák* / Maurice Ravel - Edith Peinemann, Peter Maag, Tschechische Philharmonie, Prag* - Deutsche Grammophon

J. S. Bach "Violin Concerto No 2, (date unknown) Violin Concerto No 2 in E Major, BWV 1042 by Johann Sebastian Bach, 2. Movement "Adagio"

Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks (2004), Günter Wand, Igor Strawinsky*, Sergej Prokofiew*, Edith Peinemann, * - Günter Wand-Edition Volume 3 (CD) Profil Medien GmbH PH04056

Rudolf Kempe, Edith Peinemann (2007), Tippett, Berg, Janáček (CD, Album, RM), BBC, BBCL 4215-2, 2007

Brahms (date unknown) Edith Peinemann, Jörg Demus - Sonate Op. 100 A-Dur / Sonate Op. 108 D-Moll (LP) Darnok DF 2032

Brahms (date unknown) Edith Peinemann, Jörg Demus - Sonate Op. 78 G-dur / Sonatensatze (LP) Darnok DF 2033

Brahms, Busoni & Mozart: Violin Sonatas (2014)