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Lehner, Eugene, 1906-1997

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Personal name headingLehner, Eugene, 1906-1997
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Variant(s)Lehner, 1906-1997
Léner, Jenö, 1906-1997
LocatedNewton (Mass.)
Birth date1906
Death date1997-09-13
Place of birthHungary
AffiliationKolisch Quartett
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston University
Profession or occupationViolists Music teachers
Found inSchoenberg, Arnold. String quartet no. 3, opus 30, 1950: label (Kolisch String Quartet (Rudolf Kolisch & Felix Khuner, violins; Eugene Lehner, viola; Benar Heifetz, violoncello))
Wikipedia, November 2, 2021 (Eugene Lehner; Eugene Lehner (1906-13 September 1997) was a violist and music educator; Lehner, as he preferred to be addressed, was born in Hungary in 1906; originally named Jenö Léner, he performed as a self-taught violinist from the time he was 7; Lehner was a violist with the Kolisch Quartet from 1926 until 1939, performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 39 years, and continued teaching chamber music at the New England Conservatory of Music and Boston University well into his retirement; late in his life most coachings were given at his home in Newton; Lehner was widely regarded as one of the greatest living experts of the interpretation of chamber works by Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, and Béla Bartók, having been involved in the premieres of several of such works during his time with the Kolisch Quartet)