Daniel Guilet

Daniel Guilet (born Daniel Guilevitch, Russian: Russian: Даниил Гилевич, January 10, 1899 – October 14, 1990) was a French, and later, American, classical violinist, best known for being a founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio.

He was born at Rostov-on-Don in the Russian Empire and raised in Paris, where his family moved when he was less than a year old.

His teachers at the Conservatoire de Paris included George Enescu and Guillaume Rémy.

In 1944, he joined the NBC Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Arturo Toscanini; Guilet became concertmaster in 1951, and continued in that position in 1954 when Toscanini retired and the orchestra was renamed the Symphony of the Air.

As it turned out, they named their group the Beaux Arts Trio, and began playing in public at Tanglewood in 1955.