Elmar Oliveira
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About
Winner of the gold medal at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in 1978, the first American violinist to ever take home the gold.
Before Fame
He began playing violin at the age of nine and attended the Hartt College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music.
Trivia
He was awarded the most prestigious civilian honor in Portugal, the Order of Santiago.
Family Life
He was born to two Portuguese immigrants in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
Associated With
He was the recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize in 1983, six years after Andre-Michel Schub was given the award.
