Ferdinand Lachner

Ferdinand Lachner (23 March 1856 – 23 October 1910) was a Czech violinist and music teacher.

Early life and education

Lachner was born on 23 March 1856 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire.[1] He had his first violin lessons with Erasmus Laub, the father of the violinist and composer Ferdinand Laub. He attended the Prague Conservatory from 1870 to 1876, where he studied violin with Antonín Bennewitz.[2]

Professional career

In 1879 Lachner worked as concertmaster in Breslau. He also worked in Warsaw and from 1883 to 1887 was concertmaster at the Prague National Theatre.[2] From 1887 he taught at the Prague Conservatory, where his students included Ema Destinová.[3]

He became friends with Antonín Dvořák, with whom he traveled through the Bohemian Forest in the summer of 1878. He formed a piano trio with him and cellist Alois Neruda (later with Hanuš Wihan). He premiered several of Dvořák's violin works[4][5] and accompanied Dvořák and Wihan on a farewell tour of Bohemia and Moravia before Dvořák left for the USA in 1892.[6]

Lachner played in the public première performances of both of Smetana's string quartets, in 1879[7] and 1884 respectively.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Ferdinand Lachner (Archiv ND)". archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Biographical lexicon of the Prague Violinists". The Prague Conservatory as a Centre of European Music Culture in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th Century: Influences of the Prague Violin School and Migrations of its Representatives through Europe. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Ema Destinnová - the divine Ema". Czech Radio. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  4. ^ "lachner-ferdinand-1856-1910". antonin-dvorak.cz. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  5. ^ "slavonic dance no 2 for violin and piano in e minor op 46 2 b170". antonin-dvorak.cz. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Antonin Dvórak "Waldesruh", op. 68,5". kammermusikfuehrer.de. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  7. ^ Berger, Melvin (2001). Guide to chamber music (3rd, corr. ed.). Mineola, NY: Dover. ISBN 0-486-41879-0. OCLC 46671142.
  8. ^ Katz, Derek (1997). "Smetana's Second String Quartet: Voice of Madness or Triumph of Spirit". The Musical Quarterly. 81 (4): 516–36. doi:10.1093/mq/81.4.516. (subscription required)

Further reading

  • Beckerman, Michael (2008). Dvorak and His World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 243 f. ISBN 9781400831692.
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