Nejmi Succari
Nejmi Succari (born 20 October 1939) is a Syrian violinist from Aleppo. He was a finalist in the 1967 Leventritt Competition. He studied with Russian violinist Mikhail Boricenco, a former student of the legendary Leopold Auer who had left Moscow for Syria in the 1920s. At age 12, in 1951, he came to Paris to study at the Conservatoire National de Musique, with Mr Roland Charmy and Miguel Candela, and in 1959, he enrolled in the class of professor Boris Bielynky at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Succari was a finalist in the 26th international Leventritt Competition of  1967, and was also a winner in the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition (1963) and the Jacques Thibaud Competition (Paris 1965). He made his first United States tour during spring of 1973 and 1974. The director of the TCHIKOWSKY concervatory commented:"Nejmi Succafi is a musician of great talent whose playing is ditinguished by virtuosity which is brillant,a sensitivity and lovely tone... He possesses an enormous repertoire necessary for a concert career". zBe was distinguished in several concerts and recitals,in BAALBEK festival ( Lebanon ) and Damascus 1967 accompanied by Leipzig symphonic orchestra where he performed Brahms concerto for violin, Montreux  festival 1967, Brazil with a wide series of concerts and recitals, Paris ( Salle Corto ). In 1971,Lausanne where he played Bach and Paganini for solo violin,and he recorded for radio Geneve the Mendelsohn violin concerto with orchestra Suisse Romande directed by S. BODBOVY,and Bulgary. Gazette of Lausanne praised him:"Succari can rival the greatest violinists of today... He plays with superior temperament, a lively intelligence and a natural expression". A British lady,Mrs. OBERMER,dedicated him a PETRUS GUARNIERIUS violin az a recognition and appreciation fof for his talent in 1971 (Lausanne). His appearance in the USA was through three  tours during 1973, 1974 , as a solist in concerts and recitals where he was the guest for: Bloomington Normal Symphony Orchestra Ordbkn Symphony Orchestra Missoula Symphony Orchestra Ehere he performed N.Paganini No1,J.Brahms,F. Mendelsohn,?.V.Beethoven and P.Tchaikowsky concergos for violin with the contribution of the eminent conductors : Bernard Goodman,Eugene Andrie,George Barati,Laurence Smith and Edward C.Tritt. Mr Albdry Muller, a violin maker from California was very pleased to give him biolin and a bow of his own hand maid production as appreciation of his distinctive and brillance of his performance and technic . This was not the last act of  evaluation of the musical audience and the elite, Mr Emile Français, a well-known Frenche violin maker ( Luthier ) dedicated him a violin and a bow he made after the successful performance of J.S.Bach and E.Ysaye biolin sonatas in Paris in 1977. He got the award of the E.Ysaye medal for his valuable performance in the memorial of the great violinist and composer, from the foundation of E.Ysaye presided by his son Antoine. With the contribution of Pasdeloup orcbestra,conducted by GERARD DEVOS,he peformed at the Champs Elisée theater Brahms violin concerto in 1978,Mr Pierre Petit ranked him in the  Le Figaro revue among the greatest virtuoso violinists.