August Wilhelmj
Born: 21st September 1845, Usingen, Germany
Died: 22nd January 1908, London
Nationality: German
August Emil Daniel Ferdinand Wilhelmj was a German violinist and teacher.
Wilhelmj was born in Usingen and was considered a child prodigy; when Henriette Sontag heard him in 1852 at seven years old, she said, "You will be the German Paganini". In 1861, Franz Liszt heard him and sent him to Ferdinand David with a letter containing the words "Let me present you the future Paganini!". His teachers included: Ferdinand David, for the violin, Moritz Hauptmann, for music theory and composition, and Joachim Raff for composition.
A personal friend of Wagner, he led the violins at the première of Der Ring des Nibelungen in Bayreuth in 1876.
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