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Eugene Nicholas Fodor, Jr. (March 5, 1950 – February 26, 2011) was an American classical violinist. Fodor was born in Denver, Colorado. His first 10 years of study were with Harold Wippler, who taught him from 1958 until 1968. Wippler observed that "It was very apparent that he had exceptional talent.
Mar 2, 2011 · Eugene Fodor, an American violinist who made international headlines in the 1970s after earning a top prize in the Tchaikovsky Competition and in the 1980s after being arrested on drug charges,...
Feb 28, 2011 · Violinist Eugene Fodor died Saturday in Fairfax, Va., at the age of 60, after an illness (liver disease) that had started in June, said his sister, Deborah Fodor-Bode. It is impossible for me to write about the death of Eugene Fodor without personal attachment.
Mar 4, 2011 · In the 1970s, violinist Eugene Fodor was a sensation. He was called the "Mick Jagger of classical music" and a "cowboy fiddler." Young, handsome and extremely talented, Fodor became the first...
Mar 3, 2011 · In Tuesday’s (3/1) Washington Post, T. Rees Shapiro reports, “Eugene Fodor, 60, a violin virtuoso whose pyrotechnic style and good looks made him one of the most dazzling performers of classical music in the 1970s … died Feb. 26 at his home in Arlington County.
Eugene Fodor (born October 14, 1905, Léva, Austria-Hungary [now Levice, Slovakia]—died February 18, 1991, Torrington, Connecticut, U.S.) was a Hungarian-born American travel writer who created a series of popular tourist guidebooks that provided entertaining reading, historical background, and cultural insights into the people and places ...
Mar 5, 2011 · Eugene Fodor, a swashbuckling violin virtuoso who was a media darling of classical music in the 1970s but whose substance abuse fractured a fairytale career, has died. He was 60.
Mar 6, 2022 · This is a profile piece of Eugene Fodor who was a violin virtuoso and a master interpreter of the modern and classical repertoire. He made his solo debut wit...
Jan 8, 2015 · Eugene Fodor was never just a violinist. After sharing the top prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Fodor became a television talk-show fixture celebrated as much...
Mar 2, 2011 · Eugene Fodor, a Colorado-born violinist who achieved stardom in the classical world but suffered a spectacular career collapse following a 1989 drug arrest, died Saturday in Arlington, Va., in...
