What is Max Rostal?
'''Max Rostal''' (born [[Cieszyn]], 7 August 1905; died [[Bern (city)|Bern]], 6 August 1991) was a [[violin]]ist who was a famous violin teacher. He was [[Austria]]n-born, but later took [[United Kingdom|British]] citizenship. He was born in Cieszyn and studied with [[Carl Flesch]]. From 1930 to 1933 he taught at the [[Berlin]] Hochschule, from 1944 to 1958 at the [[Guildhall School of Music]], [[London]] and then at the conservatory in [[Bern (city)|Bern]], [[Switzerland]]. Many of his pupils became famous players. They include three members of the [[Amadeus Quartet]]. Rostal played a wide variety of music, including many newly composed works such as Violin [[Concerto]] no 2 by [[Béla Bartók]]. He arranged the cadenza that Beethoven wrote for the piano version of his violin concerto ( for piano and timpani) for violin and timpani. He died in Bern. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rostal, Max}} [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian violinists]] [[Category:British violinists]] {{bio-stub}}