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CodeDS/UK/413
NameMorini; Erika (1904-1995); Jewish-Austrian violinist
AliasErica Morini
Dates1904-1995
GenderFemale
BiographyMorini was born in Vienna, and received her first instruction from her father, Oscar Morini (originally spelled Oser or Ojser), who was the director of his own music school in the Imperial capital Vienna, and completed her studies under Otakar Ševcík. Along with a Guadagnini violin, Morini also played a Davidoff. The instrument, a Stradivarius from the year 1727, was named for the Russian cellist Karl Davydov. Morini’s father had purchased it for her in Paris in 1924.

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