Editing Ivry Gitlis (section)

===1950s===
In 1951, as suggested by his teacher [[Alice Pashkus]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.soundfountain.org/rem/remyoungv.html |title=Profile of Theodore and Alice Pashkus on Rudolf Bruil's 'The Remington Site' |access-date=20 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929104633/http://www.soundfountain.org/rem/remyoungv.html |archive-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead }}</ref> he participated in the [[Long-Thibaud Competition]] in Paris, where he took fifth place. During the preliminary stages of the competition, a rumor circulated that he had stolen a [[Stradivarius]] violin during the war, which caused a scandal on the day of the final. Six years after the fall of [[Hitler]], being a [[Judaism in France|Jew in France]] was still causing debate.<ref>Gitlis, L'Âme et la corde, p. 152 (2013)</ref>
In the same year, Gitlis made his debut in Paris, playing in a recital at the [[Salle Gaveau (Paris)|Salle Gaveau]], sponsored by the music manager Marcel de Valmalète (9 July 1951).{{fact|date=May 2025}}

In those years Ivry Gitlis already ranked with the foremost young masters of his instrument in the world. He started the study of the violin at the age of five. His debut was made shortly after that and he so impressed the noted virtuoso, [[Bronislaw Huberman]], that he was sent to Paris to study. At the age of 11, the boy won first place among 150 competitors for admission to the Paris Conservatoire, and at 13, he got "Premier Prix" (graduated) at the Conservatoire. Gitlis continued his studies with such noted virtuosi as Georges Enesco, Jacques Thibaud and Theodore Pashkus, after which we embarked on a European concert tour. During the war, the youngster remained in London where he performed for the Armed Forces in hundreds of concerts. In the last few years he has been soloist with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, London Symphony, Liverpool Philharmonic, etc. He has featured contemporary music on his program ranging from works of Bartok to Lennox Berkley, Ivor Walsworth and Hindemith, as well as continuing his programs of the music of the classics. Further tours of the European continent have strengthened critical belief that Ivry Gitlis was destined to become one of the world's greatest violinists. (text extracted from: Don Gabor archives, ©1950). In 1955 he moved to the United States where he met [[Jascha Heifetz]]. There he made several tours, managed by [[Sol Hurok]], including those conducted by [[Eugene Ormandy]] (Tchaikovsky, in Philadelphia) and [[George Szell]] (Sibelius, on 15,16 and 18 December 1955 in New York).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/a26476cb-e896-42f6-8748-6d96234e481e/fullview#page/10/mode/2up |title=Sibelius, 15,16,18 December 1955 in New York |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102201/http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/a26476cb-e896-42f6-8748-6d96234e481e/fullview#page/10/mode/2up |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
In Europe, between 1954 and 1955, he recorded for the Vox label concertos by [[Alban Berg|Berg]] ([[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Violin Concerto "To the memory of an angel"]], coupled with "Chamber Concerto" -Vox PL 8660- which was awarded a "[[Grand Prix du Disque]]" in 1954), [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] (Violin Concerto, coupled with "Duo Concertant") and with the conductor [[Jascha Horenstein]], [[Béla Bartók|Bartók]], [[Max Bruch|Bruch]] and [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]]. His recording of Bartók's 2nd Violin Concerto and Solo Violin Sonata -Vox PL 9020- received the "Best Record of the Year" award from the [[New York Herald Tribune]] in 1955.{{fact|date=May 2025}}