Ernst Wallfisch

[1] At the Conservatory, he met violinist-composer George Enescu, who was one of his greatest sources of inspiration,[2] and his wife Lory, a pianist with whom he started to perform during the War.

Yehudi Menuhin heard the duo perform in Bucharest in May 1946 on the occasion of his first trip to Romania.

Menuhin was deeply moved by their playing and helped the couple immigrate to the United States.

[3] As the Wallfisch Duo, he performed throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, North Africa and Israel.

Both Ernst and Lory Wallfisch joined the music faculty of Smith College at Northampton, Massachusetts in 1964.