Károly Flesch

Károly Flesch (born Oct. 9, 1873, Moson [now Mosonmagyaróvár], Hung.—died Nov. 15, 1944, Lucerne, Switz.) was a Hungarian violinist and teacher who was largely responsible for raising international awareness of Hungarian music. From 1886 to 1889 Flesch was the student of Jakob Grün at the conservatory in Vienna, and then from 1890 to 1894 he was taught by Martin Marsick and Eugene Sauzay at the Paris Conservatory. As a student of Marsick, Flesch belonged to...