David Nadien (Armenian Դավիթ Նադյան) (March 12, 1926 – May 28, 2014) was an American violinist and violin teacher . He was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from 1966 to 1970. His playing style has been compared to that of Jascha Heifetz.

基本资料

外文名：David Nadien

别名：戴维·纳迪安、大卫·纳迪恩

国籍：美国

出生地：美国纽约州纽约布鲁克林区

生日：1926 年 3 月 12 日

逝世日期：2014 年 5 月 28 日

Life

David Nadien was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 12, 1926, the son of Armenian-American George and Bertha Nadien. He started learning violin with his father, then entered the Mannes School of Music; he also studied at the Juilliard School. His teachers included Adolfo Betti, Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Adolf Busch and Ivan Galamian. When he was 18 he was drafted into the US Army, and played with the Army Service Forces Orchestra.[2]He made his first concert appearance with the New York Philharmonic at the age of 14,[3] and at the age of 20 won the Leventritt Award.[4]He worked mainly as a studio musician until in 1966 he was selected by Leonard Bernstein to replace John Corigliano Sr. as concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, although he had little experience of orchestral playing. He left the post in 1970 and resumed studio work.[2] As a violin teacher, he worked at the Mannes College of Music.Nadien owned the "Prince of Orange, Wald, Hoffmann" violin, made by Guarneri del Gesù in about 1743.[5]He is best known for his recordings of Parts 1 to 4 of the "Suzuki violin method".[6][7][8][9]He died of pneumonia aged 88 on May 28, 2014.