Alexander Chuhaldin

His compositional output includes over 30 works for string orchestra; many of which were published by Carl Fischer Music.

He was a child prodigy and began studying the violin with Julius Conus at the Moscow Conservatory at just eight years of age.

Chuhaldin gave his first public recital at the age of nine and quickly became active on the concert stage.

He eventually was invited to join the faculty of the Toronto Conservatory of Music, where he taught such notable musicians as Murray Adaskin, Harry Bergart, Isidor Desser, Betty-Ann Fischer-Byfield, Hyman Goodman, Blain Mathé, Albert Pratz, and Ivan Romanoff.

[1] In 1928 Charles Comfort painted a portrait of Chuhaldin with his Amati violin (now in the Art Gallery of Hamilton).