Lili Petschnikoff Explained
Lili Petschnikoff (December 1, 1874 — September 23, 1957) was an American concert violinist.
Early life
Lili Schober was born in Chicago, Illinois, but spent much of her youth abroad, studying violin under Joseph Joachim in Berlin[1] and performing in Europe.[2]
Career
Lili Petschnikoff and her husband toured together as musicians in the United States in 1907.[3] [4] Petchnikoff gave a recital at the Aeolian Hall in 1916, with singer Clara Gabrilowitsch and pianist Rudolph Ganz.[5] In 1919 Lili Petschnikoff gave a series of concerts at her home in Hollywood with pianist Cornelia Rider-Possart.[6] She was officially retired by 1923, but played a radio concert with pianist Olga Steeb that year.[7] She became a chamber music partner to Albert Einstein, who enjoyed playing violin with Petchnikoff in 1931, while he was working at the California Institute of Technology.[8] She was also a friend to German singer Lotte Lehmann.[9]
She was said to own a Stradivarius violin,[10] probably one of the two that her husband brought to the United States on his 1899 visit.[11] Petschnikoff wrote an autobiography, The World At Our Feet, published posthumously by her son in 1968.[12]
Personal life
Lili Schober married Russian violinist Alexander Petschnikoff. They had three children, Tatjana, Nadja, and Sergei,[13] before they got divorced. She reclaimed her American citizenship and eventually moved to Los Angeles during World War I,[14] and her home opposite the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl[15] was a gathering place of musicians and arts patrons.[16] She died in 1957, in Los Angeles, aged 82 years.[17]
Further reading
- Book: The World at our Feet. Lili Petschnikoff. 1968. Vantage Press.
External links
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=m61PAQAAMAAJ&dq=Lili+Petschnikoff&pg=PA267 "Mme. Petschnikoff's Recital"
- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19190131.2.81 "Lili Petchnikoff, Famous Violiniste, to Give L. A. Concert"
- "The Petschnikoffs Play" New York Times (January 17, 1907): 7. via ProQuest
- https://books.google.com/books?id=W5xCAQAAMAAJ&dq=Schwarz+Petschnikoff&pg=RA9-PA29 "A Musical Spring at the University of California"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=lElGAQAAMAAJ&dq=Lili+Petschnikoff&pg=PA36-IA4 "Mme. Petschnikoff Plays"
- Margie Manning Lindsey, "Petschnikoff Series" Holly Leaves (November 8, 1919): 8.
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18848310/lili_petschnikoff_1923/ "Two Renowned Artists on KHJ"
- Josef Eisinger, Einstein on the Road (Prometheus Books 2011).
- [Isabel Morse Jones]
- https://books.google.com/books?id=6nI9AQAAMAAJ&dq=Lili+Petschnikoff&pg=PA12-IA81 "Orpheum"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=CvEsAAAAYAAJ&dq=Petschnikoff+Stradivarius+violins&pg=PA12 "Some High-Priced Violins"
- Lili Petschnikoff, The World At Our Feet (Vantage 1968).
- https://books.google.com/books?id=1MxRAAAAYAAJ&dq=Lili+Petschnikoff&pg=PT176 "Petschnikoff Series"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=1MxRAAAAYAAJ&dq=Lili+Petschnikoff&pg=PT63 "Captive in Germany"
- Bruno Walter, James Austin Galston, Theme and Variations: An Autobiography (Knopf 1946): 281, 339.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=1MxRAAAAYAAJ&dq=Lili+Petschnikoff&pg=PT314 "Artist to be Hostess"
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18847672/lili_petschnikoff_1957/ "Mrs. Lili Petschnikoff, Violinist, Dies"
