“American violinist and teacher Fredell Lack, who taught many students including current New York Philharmonic concertmaster Frank Huang, died Sunday at her home in Houston,” writes Laurie Niles in Sunday’s (8/20) Violinist.com. “ ‘Fredell left an indelible mark on all who knew her or her music,’ said viola professor Larry Wheeler, a colleague of Lack’s at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, where Lack taught for 50 years, from 1959 until her retirement in 2009.… Besides Huang, Lack also taught violinists David Mazzeo, Pálína Árnadóttir, Joyce Hammann, Mariko Inaba, Anabel Ramirez, Gloria Justen, Sharman Plesner, William Pu, Gregory Ewer, Beverly Shin, Maurice Sklar, Martin Valdeschack, Chuong Vu, and Zuo Jun…. Born in Tulsa, Okla. to two Latvian immigrants, Lack started playing the violin at age six…. Her family moved to Houston when she was 10, and at age 12 she moved to New York to study with Louis Persinger at The Juilliard School. During her 80-year performing career, Lack played the 1727 ‘Baron Deurbroucq”‘ Stradivari violin, and a Tourte bow. Lack was married to gastroenterologist Ralph Eichhorn from 1947 until his death in 2014. She is survived by her children Dr. Eric Eichhorn and Ardis Eichhorn.”
Posted August 22, 2017
