Arnold Eidus Musical artist

Arnold Eidus (November 28, 1922 – June 3, 2013) was a world renowned concert violinist and recording artist.Eidus's father (Harry Eidus, 1897-1984), a Jewish immigrant from Dvinsk, Latvia, was a violinist; his mother (Sadie "Sonia" Birkenfeld, 1901-1983), who was born in New York, played piano. A child prodigy, Eidus made his performance debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 11. He studied at the Juilliard School under Louis Persinger (who also taught Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, and Ruggiero Ricci). He met his future wife, piano student Doris Dresher, at Juilliard.