Stuart Canin

[1] Afterwards, Fred Allen remarked "... a little fellow in the 5th grade, and already plays better than Jack Benny."[2] As an American GI, he performed for President Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference.He taught music at the University of Iowa and Oberlin Conservatory, then served as concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony (where he was appointed by Seiji Ozawa), the San Francisco Opera, and, from 2000-2010, of the Los Angeles Opera.[6] Canin has also done studio work in Hollywood, including a violin-playing and speaking part in the Robert Altman film Short Cuts and violin work in film soundtracks, including Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List.He and his time in the army is featured in the documentary short The Rifleman's Violin.
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