Taras (Daniel) Gabora is a violinist and prominent violin teacher. He was born in Yellow Creek, Saskatchewan, 23 Apr 1932.

Early life

He studied at the

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1953-7 with Ernst Morawec, and in

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1957-8 with

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. (He worked later – 1969 – with Yuri Jankelevich in

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.) In 1956, on graduating from the Vienna Academy of Music, he received the Austrian Grand Prize.

Career

Gabora settled in

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in 1962. He founded the Gabora String Quartet (1964-8), the Groupe baroque de Montréal in 1968 with Gaston Germain, and Les Jeunes Solistes de Montréal in 1977, a group of 16. Gabora taught at McGill University from 1962-4 and at the JMC Orford Art Centre from 1972-4. He also taught at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec in the 70's. Gabora performed on CBC radio and TV and in concerts in Canada, the USA, and Europe In 1974 he made an LP with his wife, the soprano Gaelyne Gabora.

References

Canadian EncyclopediaFriends Along the Way: A Journey Through Jazz
- Gene Lees
The Strad: A Monthly Journal for Professionals and Amateurs of All Stringed Instruments Played with the Bow
Volume 103, Numbers 1221-1226

External links

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