Georges Boulanger (violinist)


Georges Boulanger was a Romanian violinist, conductor and composer.

Georges Boulanger was born in Tulcea, Romania from a Romani Romanian family with a very long tradition in music. His fathers name was Vasile Pantazi nicknamed Boulanger. He was known as one of the typical Romanian Rromani virtuosi. He learned to play the violin as a child from his father, who was already the sixth generation musician. At the age of 12, Georges Boulanger got a scholarship to study at the Conservatory in Bucharest. Three years later he was heard by Leopold Auer who took him to Dresden with him and where he studied with him for the next two years. Other students of Auer were Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, and Mischa Elman.

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