After the Machtergreifung by the Nazis, Wittenberg lived in Dresden, where the Jüdischer Kulturbund organised numerous musical activities. Wittenberg founded a piano trio there with Walter Goldmann and Paul Blumenfeld .[3]
In 1939, Wittenberg managed to emigrate to Shanghai with his wife and mother-in-law. He was given the opportunity to organise a musical evening with two Jewish musicians, through which he became famous and got pupils. In 1941, before the outbreak of the Pacific War, a student offered him a life in the USA with good job opportunities, house and car, but Wittenberg wanted to stay in Shanghai. After the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese he had to move with his family to a very limited accommodation in the "isolation zone" for Jews. After the war he taught at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music of the Central Conservatory of Music.[4]
Wittenberg died of a heart attack after collapsing while playing the violin in Shanghai at the age of 72.
The film director Chen Yifei portrayed the Jewish colony in Shanghai and especially Alfred Wittenberg in his documentary Escape to Shanghai (1999), in which other main characters were Wittenberg's students, the pianist Ming-Qiang Li and the Austrian violinist Heinz Grünberg.
Referencesedit
^Scholarships of the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Foundation (1879-1934) 2020-12-05 at the Wayback Machine. (retrieved 24 September 2020).
^Agata Schindler: The History of the Jewish Cultural Association Dresden 1933-1938. Studia Judaica XIV. Cluj-Napoca 2006, pp. 349–366 (retrieved 24 September 2020).
^Yang Yiren: Tiefe Freundschaft zwischen Chinesen und Juden. China Heute 2007, Nr. 11 (retrieved 24 September 2020).
alfred, wittenberg, january, 1880, july, 1952, german, violinist, pianist, music, educator, life, editborn, breslau, wittenberg, born, into, jewish, family, wunderkind, year, performed, concert, with, violin, concerto, mendelssohn, piano, concerto, chopin, stu. Alfred Wittenberg 14 January 1880 18 July 1952 was a German violinist pianist and music educator Life editBorn in Breslau Wittenberg was born into a Jewish family As a wunderkind the ten year old performed in a concert with a violin concerto by Mendelssohn and a piano concerto by Chopin He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts with Joseph Joachim In 1901 he received the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize with a scholarship for violin 1 He played in the Staatskapelle Berlin of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin As a violinist Wittenberg was a member of piano trios with Frederic Lamond and Joseph Malkin 2 with Anton Hekking and Artur Schnabel later Clarence Adler and with Heinrich Grunfeld and Moritz Mayer Mahr In 1921 John Fernstrom studied with him After the Machtergreifung by the Nazis Wittenberg lived in Dresden where the Judischer Kulturbund organised numerous musical activities Wittenberg founded a piano trio there with Walter Goldmann and Paul Blumenfeld 3 In 1939 Wittenberg managed to emigrate to Shanghai with his wife and mother in law He was given the opportunity to organise a musical evening with two Jewish musicians through which he became famous and got pupils In 1941 before the outbreak of the Pacific War a student offered him a life in the USA with good job opportunities house and car but Wittenberg wanted to stay in Shanghai After the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese he had to move with his family to a very limited accommodation in the isolation zone for Jews After the war he taught at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music of the Central Conservatory of Music 4 Wittenberg died of a heart attack after collapsing while playing the violin in Shanghai at the age of 72 The film director Chen Yifei portrayed the Jewish colony in Shanghai and especially Alfred Wittenberg in his documentary Escape to Shanghai 1999 in which other main characters were Wittenberg s students the pianist Ming Qiang Li and the Austrian violinist Heinz Grunberg References edit Scholarships of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation 1879 1934 Archived 2020 12 05 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 24 September 2020 Altenberg Trio Piano Trios retrieved 24 September 2020 Agata Schindler The History of the Jewish Cultural Association Dresden 1933 1938 Studia Judaica XIV Cluj Napoca 2006 pp 349 366 retrieved 24 September 2020 Yang Yiren Tiefe Freundschaft zwischen Chinesen und Juden China Heute 2007 Nr 11 retrieved 24 September 2020 External links editLiterature by and about Alfred Wittenberg in the German National Library catalogue Alfred Wittenberg discography at Discogs nbsp Portals nbsp Classical music nbsp Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Wittenberg amp oldid 1213083866, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
