Portrait of Jascha Heifetz
Music school graduate at age seven, Heifetz undertook a series of tours in Lithuania and earned the reputation of being “the most phenomenal child prodigy of his time”.. Jascha (Iossif Robertovitch) Heifetz was born in Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania) on February 2, 1899 and not 1901, a date that has long been considered official. His … Read more