Lili Petschnikoff

Lili Schober was born in Chicago, Illinois, but spent much of her youth abroad, studying violin under Joseph Joachim in Berlin[1] and performing in Europe.

[3][4] Petchnikoff gave a recital at the Aeolian Hall in 1916, with singer Clara Gabrilowitsch and pianist Rudolph Ganz.

[5] In 1919 Lili Petschnikoff gave a series of concerts at her home in Hollywood with pianist Cornelia Rider-Possart.

[7] She became a chamber music partner to Albert Einstein, who enjoyed playing violin with Petchnikoff in 1931, while he was working at the California Institute of Technology.

She reclaimed her American citizenship and eventually moved to Los Angeles during World War I,[14] and her home opposite the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl[15] was a gathering place of musicians and arts patrons.