Alice Pashkus (1911–1972) was born on February 21, 1911, in Velbert, Germany. According to Jon Verbalis, she had piano tuition from Elie Robert Schmitz. She studied medicine but after meeting Theodore Pashkus, she dedicated herself to instrumental (mostly violin and piano) pedagogy. Her most influential work was carried out in collaboration with her husband Theodore. For many years the couple were very much in demand as specialists in musicians' physical as well as psychological problems. Among their most famous pupils were Ossy Renardy, Yehudi Menuhin, Ivry Gitlis, Michèle Auclair, Franco Gulli and Enzo Porta. Alice Pashkus also gave instruction to pianists Yorgos Manessis and Jon Verbalis.

References

Further reading

• Elie Robert Schmitz, The Capture of Inspiration, New York, E. Weyhe, 1935

• Menuhin, Yehudi, Voyage inachevé-autobiographie, Paris, Seuil, 1976

• Ivry Gitlis, L’Âme et la Corde, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1980

• Enzo Porta, Il Violino nella Storia, Maestri, Tecniche, Scuole, Torino, EDT, 2000

• Philippe Borer (editor), La Pagina e l'Archetto, bibliografia violinistica storico-tecnica e studi effettuati su Niccolò Paganini, Genova, Comune di Genova, 2003 http://www.premiopaganini.it/archivio/pdf_doc/archetto2003.pdf

• Jon Verbalis, Natural Fingering: A Topographical Approach to Pianism, New York, Oxford University press, 2012

External links

• Profile of Theodore and Alice Pashkus on Rudolf Bruil's 'The Remington Site'

• A Greek profile of Alice Pashkus by a student of a student of hers