Stefi Geyer

[1] Born in 1888 in Budapest, she was the daughter of Josef Geyer, a police doctor who played the violin himself.

When she was 5 years old she started playing the violin, with remarkable results for someone who had not practiced at all.

[2] Béla Bartók and Othmar Schoeck, who were both in love with her, wrote violin concertos for her.

[3] Willy Burkhard dedicated his 1943 violin concerto jointly to Geyer and Paul Sacher.

She schooled numerous musicians, among them composer Klaus Huber.