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Galamian was born in Tabriz, Iran to an Armenian family. Soon after his birth the family
emigrated to Moscow, Russia. Galamian studied violin at the School of the Philharmonic
Society with Konstantin Mostras (a student of Leopold Auer) and graduated in 1919.[2][3] He
was jailed at age fifteen by the Bolshevik government. The opera manager at the Bolshoi
Theatre rescued Galamian; the manager argued that Galamian was a necessary part of the
opera orchestra, and subsequently the government released him. Soon thereafter he
moved to Paris and studied under Lucien Capet in 1922 and 1923. In 1924 he debuted in
Paris.[2][3] Due to a combination of nerves, health, and a fondness for teaching, Galamian
eventually gave up the stage in order to teach full-time.[4] He became a faculty member at
the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff where he taught from 1925 to 1929. His earliest pupils in
Paris include Vida Reynolds, the first woman in Philadelphia Orchestra's first-violin section,
and Paul Makanowitzky.[2][5]
In 1937 Galamian moved permanently to the United States. In 1941 he married Judith
Johnson in New York City.[2] He taught violin at the Curtis Institute of Music beginning in
1944, and became the head of the violin department at the Juilliard School in 1946. He
wrote two violin method books, Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching (1962)
and Contemporary Violin Technique (1962).[1] Galamian incorporated aspects of both the
Russian and French schools of violin technique in his approach.[6] In 1944 he founded
the Meadowmount School of Music, a summer program in Westport, New York. The school
has remained operational and has trained thousands of world class musicians.[4][7] Galamian
taught concurrently at Curtis, Juilliard, and Meadowmount schools. He did not retire and
maintained an active full-time work schedule. He died at the age of 78 in 1981 in New York
City. Following his passing, his wife took on an active role in managing the Meadowmount
school.[1][6]
Galamian's most notable teaching assistants — later distinguished teachers in their own
right — were Margaret Pardee, Dorothy DeLay, Sally Thomas, Pauline Scott, Robert
Lipsett, Lewis Kaplan, David Cerone, and Elaine Richey.
Galamian held honorary degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin College, and
the Cleveland Institute of Music. He was an honorary member of the Royal Academy of
Music, London.[1]

Notable pupils[edit]
For Galamian's notable students, see List of music students by teacher: G to J § Ivan
Galamian.
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 William Barbini
 Vera Beths [nl]
 Serge Blanc (violinist)
 Anker Buch
 Robert Canetti
 Stuart Canin
 Jonathan Carney
 Charles Martin Castleman
 Kyung Wha Chung
 Dorothy DeLay
 Glenn Dicterow
 Charles Avsharian
 Michael Avsharian
 Philippe Djokic
 Eugene Fodor
 Miriam Fried
 Erick Friedman
 Joseph Genualdi
 Shirley Givens
 Heimo Haitto
 Daniel Heifetz
 Ulf Hoelscher
 Carmel Kaine
 Kaoru Kakudo
 Dong-Suk Kang
 Martha Strongin Katz
 Ani Kavafian
 Ida Kavafian
 Chin Kim
 Young Uck Kim
 Helen Kwalwasser
 Fredell Lack
 Jaime Laredo
 Isidor Lateiner
 Sergiu Luca
 Vartan Manoogian [es]
 Gil Morgenstern
 David Nadien
 Sally O'Reilly
 Margaret Pardee
 Itzhak Perlman
 Michael Rabin
 Gerardo Ribeiro
 Berl Senofsky
 Simon Standage
 Arnold Steinhardt
 Albert Stern
 Eva Szekely
 Arve Tellefsen
 Sally Thomas
 Gwen Thompson
 Andor Toth
 Charles Treger
 Donald Weilerstein
 Pinchas Zukerman
 Simon Shaheen

Edited works[edit]
 Bach, Concerto No. 1 (A minor). New York: International Music Company, 1960.
 Bach, Concerto No. 1 (D minor). New York: International Music Company, 1960.
 Bach, Concerto No. 2 (E major). New York: International Music Company, 1960.
 Bach, Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. New York: International Music
Company, 1971. (Includes facsimile of the original)
 Brahms, Sonatas, Op. 78, 100, 108. New York: International Music Company.
 Bruch, Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46. New York: International Music Company, 1975.
 Conus, Concerto in E minor. New York: International Music Company, 1976.
 Dont, Twenty-four Etudes and Caprices, Op. 35. New York: International Music
Company, 1968.
 Dont, Twenty-four Exercises, Op. 37. New York: International Music Company, 1967.
 Dvořák, Concerto in A minor, Op. 53. New York: International Music Company, 1975.
 Fiorillo, Thirty-six Studies or Caprices. New Y