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German violinist (–)

Musical artist

Helmut Zacharias (27 January &#;&#; 28 February ) was a German violinist and composer who created over works and sold 14 million records.

He also appeared in a number of films, usually playing musicians.^[2][3]

Early life

Helmut Zacharias was born in Berlin. His father Karl was a violinist and conductor, and his mother was a singer.^[2] He started having lessons from his father at the age of 2 and a half and at 6 he played at the Faun club, a cabaret venue on the Friedrichstraße in Berlin.^[4]

At the age of 8, Zacharias became the youngest student in Gustav Havemann's masterclass at the Berlin Academy of Music.^[5] Aged 11, he played on radio for the first time with a performance of Mozart's Violin Concerto No.

3 in G major and began touring in at the age of ^[4] At this time, in the s, the records of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli's all-string jazz ba