What is Camilla Wicks?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Camilla Wicks | image = 25806 Camilla Wicks.jpg | caption = Camilla Wicks in 1949 | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Camilla Dolores Wicks | birth_place = [[Long Beach, California]] | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|08|09}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|11|25|1928|08|09}} | instrument = Violin | genre = Classical | occupation = Violinist | years_active = 1942–2005 | label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Music & Arts]], [[Biddulph Recordings|Biddulph]] and Simax | associated_acts = | website = }} '''Camilla Dolores Wicks''' (August 9, 1928 – November 25, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[violin]]ist. She was one of the first female violinists to create a major international career. Her performing career included solo appearances with leading European and American symphony orchestras including the [[New York Philharmonic]], [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] and [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfgenealogy.net/php/vitals/cabisearch2.php# |title=''Camilla Dolores Wicks'' (California Birth Index) |access-date=2010-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403021635/http://www.sfgenealogy.net/php/vitals/cabisearch2.php# |archive-date=2010-04-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wicks died on November 25, 2020 at the age of 92.<ref>[https://slippedisc.com/2020/11/the-first-us-woman-to-be-a-star-violinist-has-died-at-92/ THE FIRST US FEMALE VIOLIN STAR HAS DIED AT 92] by Norman Lebrecht. Slipped Disc, 26 Nov 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-26.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wicks, Camilla}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American violinists]] [[Category:Musicians from Long Beach, California]] {{US-bio-stub}}