Heifetz, Jascha. (1901–1987). Signed 1925 Photograph to José Echániz. Stunning and boldly signed doubleweight matte Nicholas Murray photograph of the supreme violinist who had made his Carnegie Hall American debut in 1917 and became a U.S. citizen in 1925, the year of the present inscription. Heifetz is shown with his violin in full performance attire and position and has boldly signed and inscribed to the pianist José Echániz, adding the year 1925. With the raised photographer's stamp lower right, some ink spots in the lower margin and small chip to lower right corner, overall fine and truly one the nicest examples of this signature we've seen. 10 x 8 inches.
Pianist José Echániz (1905-1969), a Cuban-born child prodigy, studied at the Falcon Conservatory in Havana, where he was awarded the title “professor of piano” at age 14. During the 1920s, he appeared at Carnegie Hall, toured U.S. cities, and appeared in Paris, The Hague, Amsterdam, and Madrid. During the 1930’s, he was a featured soloist with orchestras in Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and New Orleans and appeared under the batons of such distinguished conductors as Iturbi, Mitropoulos, Kleiber, Leinsdorf, and others. Echániz joined the Eastman School faculty in 1944. Throughout his 25-year teaching career, Echániz maintained an active career as a recitalist in Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean, as an orchestral soloist, and as a recording artist.
Heifetz, Jascha. (1901–1987). Signed 1925 Photograph to José Echániz. Stunning and boldly signed doubleweight matte Nicholas Murray photograph of the supreme violinist who had made his Carnegie Hall American debut in 1917 and became a U.S. citizen in 1925, the year of the present inscription. Heifetz is shown with his violin in full performance attire and position and has boldly signed and inscribed to the pianist José Echániz, adding the year 1925. With the raised photographer's stamp lower right, some ink spots in the lower margin and small chip to lower right corner, overall fine and truly one the nicest examples of this signature we've seen. 10 x 8 inches.
Pianist José Echániz (1905-1969), a Cuban-born child prodigy, studied at the Falcon Conservatory in Havana, where he was awarded the title “professor of piano” at age 14. During the 1920s, he appeared at Carnegie Hall, toured U.S. cities, and appeared in Paris, The Hague, Amsterdam, and Madrid. During the 1930’s, he was a featured soloist with orchestras in Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and New Orleans and appeared under the batons of such distinguished conductors as Iturbi, Mitropoulos, Kleiber, Leinsdorf, and others. Echániz joined the Eastman School faculty in 1944. Throughout his 25-year teaching career, Echániz maintained an active career as a recitalist in Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean, as an orchestral soloist, and as a recording artist.