Georg Kulenkampff
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Georg Kulenkampff (23 January 1898 - 4 October 1948) was a German violinist.
He was born in Bremen. He studied under Ernst Wadel in Bremen, and with Willy Hess at the Berlin Hochschule fur Musik. He became violin professor there in 1925. Among his students was the young Ruggiero Ricci. He became leader of the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra, but also made European tours and many recordings.
He was the soloist in both the world premiere performance and world premiere recording of Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor, which both occurred shortly after its first publication in 1937.
He was a member of a very highly regarded piano trio with the pianist Edwin Fischer and the cellist Enrico Mainardi. After his death, Kulenkampff was replaced by Wolfgang Schneiderhan.
He moved to Switzerland during the Second World War, dying in Schaffhausen aged 50.
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