Higinio Ruvalcaba (11 January 1905 in
Yahualica,
Jalisco – 15 January 1976 in Mexico City) was a Mexican violinist and composer.
He received his first lessons when he was 4, from his father, who was an upholsterer who played
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...
in the local band.
In 1917, at age twelve, Higinio Ruvalcaba gives his first concert as a soloist, at the
in
Guadalajara.
He replaced Jenö Léner, founder and namesake of
Léner String Quartet, touring with second violin José Smilovitz; viola Herbert Froelich, and Hungarian cellist Imre Hartman after Léner left the group in 1943 due to internal disagreements.
References
1905 births
1976 deaths
Mexican violinists
Male violinists
20th-century violinists
20th-century male musicians
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