Elkan Alexander Kosman

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https://www.stokowski.org/Philadelphia_Orchestra_Musicians_List.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosman_String_Quartet https://mahlerfoundation.info/index.php/personen-2/557-kosman-alexa...

Kosman (Elkan), geboren te Rotterdam, ontving zijn eerste muziekonderricht aan de muziekschool van „Toonkunst' aldaar, later aan het Conservatoire te Parijs, waar hij den jen prijs behaalde voor vioolspel en toen een engagement verkreeg in het orkest van Lamoureux en concertmeester werd in het Opera-orkest aldaar. Sinds 1196 te Glasgow gevestigd, maakte hij als solo-violist in 1898 de Kunstreis mede; die W. Kes met zijn „Scottish Orchestra'" in Nederland ondernam. Sedert 1906 is Kosman concertmeester te Essen

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in English:

Elkan Kosman was a Dutch violinist born in Rotterdam in about 1871, where, like his Principal viola colleague Jan Koert he studied violin. In the 1890s in England, Elkan Kosman built a career as a violin soloist. Kosman also toured in France, Belgium and the Netherlands prior to coming to the U.S. in 1901. In March, 1894, Elkan Kosman received warm reviews in Manchester, England as a violin soloist with the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Charles Hallé: "...M. Elkan Kosman, the frequency of whose appearances in London has hitherto not been in proportion to his merit, was heard to signal advantage in Mendelssohn's violin concerto, which he played with the utmost refinement and dexterity. Later on in the afternoon he gave an excellent rendering of Saint-Saens's charming Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso..." 122. Kosman continued to play provincial concerts in the UK in 1894 through 1899, in lesser venues, but does not seem to have reached the first level of concert bookings during this period 123. At this time, Kosman seems to have lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elkan Kosman was Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra in the second season, 1901-1902. He also organized the Kosman String Quartet: Elkan Kosman first, Edwin Brill second, Howard Rattay viola, and Rudolph Hennig cello. Elkan Kosman played a 1779 Guadagnini violin. Elkan Kosman was one of five Concertmasters which Fritz Scheel went through prior to hiring the great Thaddeus Rich. Kosman was not rehired in 1902, and after leaving the Philadelphia Orchestra, he had a solo career for a time in New York. He also played in chamber music groups. In the next decade, Kosman accompanied singers and performed in salon groups in New York City. His reviews in New York as a soloist were mixed 62, and he did not succeed in breaking into the highly competitive areana as successful solo virtuoso. Elkan Kosman seems to have returned to Europe before World War 1.

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In this doc it is being said he emigrated to the States, though other docs stating he returned for Europe before WW I

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This article was published in The Glasgow Herald 4 February 1924:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19240204&id=3phAAAAA...

Also it is being said he was Conductor at Essen