The magnificent, wild and difficult genius of violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz. A new documentary takes us in. Violinist Jascha Heifetz. (Library of Congress) The great violinst Jascha Heifetz was great ...

"The technique was stupendous," Hoffman says about Heifetz's appeal. "Nobody had heard about a technique like [his.] And he set a completely new standard for the violin for technical excellence. But ...

More than a century after his public debut, the name Jascha Heifetz (1901 – 1987) continues to evoke awe and excitement among fellow musicians. In a performing career that spanned 65 years, he ...

It's hard not to talk numbers when it comes to the new Jascha Heifetz collection. Last week Sony Classical released a 10-pound box of the famed violinist's recordings — 103 CDs in all, which the ...

In 1926, superstar violinist Jascha Heifetz visited Israel and, famously, played in a stone quarry (my play on the subject, “A Walk With Mr Heifetz,” is shortly to open Off-Broadway). In 2017, I went ...

"I would like to make enough money to pay my rent and buy myself a bottle of whiskey a week." That's what Indianapolis singer and songwriter jascha told us of his musical aspirations in 2010, just ...

Jascha Heifetz, well known Jewish violinist, was married to Mrs. Florence Vidor, a Christian, last Monday in New York City. Charles E. Kelby, former Supreme Court Justice performed the ceremony. Mr.

Jascha Heifetz traveled to Japan in the fall of 1923, weeks after the earthquake on September 1 that devastated Tokyo, Yokohama and the Kanto region, with casualties near 143,000. He gave outdoor ...