Bronislav Gimpel

He was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary, part of Polish Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine), to a family of Jewish origin.

A year later, an extended concert tour in Italy resulted in a succession of triumphs of historic proportion, with command performances before King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Pope Pius XI, and invitations to play on Paganini's famous Guarneri and to perform at the grave of the legendary virtuoso.

Whilst touring Italy in June 1926, he was presented with a silver box inlaid with precious stones, with the inscription: From one infant prodigy to another.

[7] After serving in the U.S. Army from 1942 to the end of the war, Gimpel resumed his solo career in Europe, where he was received, once again, with great acclaim.

[9] In this period of time he resumed his solo concert appearances in Europe, the United States and South America.