Question: Facts: - instrument: violin - death place: manhattan , new york , usa - years active: 1940-2014 - caption: nadien in the mid-1960s - birth name: david nadien - death date: 28 may 2014 - genre: classical - notable instruments: '' violin , giuseppe guarneri del gesu , c. 1743 prince of orange , wald , hoffmann '' - birth date: 12 march 1926 - name: david nadien - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - birth place: brooklyn , new york , usa - occupation: violinist , pedagogue Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david nadien .
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david nadien -lrb- march 12 , 1926 -- may 28 , 2014 -rrb- was an american violinist and violin teacher .he was concertmaster of the new york philharmonic from 1966 to 1970 .his playing style has been compared to that of jascha heifetz .