Eudice Shapiro

American violinist, chamber musician, teacher, concert master and recording artist. Born 1914 in Buffalo, New York. Died 17 September 2007 in Los Angeles, California (age of 93). Married to cellist Victor Gottlieb (till his death in 1963) and later to violinist George Kast. She began studying violin at the age of 5, won her first prize with 10 and began her solo career with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra when she was 12. She studied with Gustave Tinlot at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and with Efrem Zimbalist at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. After moving to Los Angeles in 1941, she began a 23-year career playing in Hollywood studios for Paramount, United Artists and RKO. She was the first female concertmaster in any studio orchestra. An album she played on with her husband Gottlieb and other artists "Faure: 1st Quartet Op15/Schumann: Clavier Quartet, Op. - 47" was nominated for a Grammy award in 1961. She was on the University of Southern California faculty starting in 1956 and was still teaching music the year she passed away.