Henryk Wieniawski short biography

A great Polish violinist, composer and pedagogue, Henryk Wieniawski was a student of Massart at the Paris Conservatoire. Wieniawski’s brilliant concert career took him all over Europe and the United States. In 1860, Wieniawski assumed professorship at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, a position Wieniawski held for 12 years. Wieniawski was appointed professor of the Brussels Conservatory succeeding Vieuxtemps.