# Devy Erlih

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{{Short description|French violinist (1928–2012)}}
'''Devy Erlih''' (Paris, 5 November 1928 – Paris, 7 February 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9186965/Devy-Erlih.html|title=Devy Erlih|website=The Telegraph|date=4 April 2012 }}</ref> was a French violinist and the 1955 winner of the [Long-Thibaud competition](/source/Long-Thibaud-Crespin_Competition).

==Background==
Erlih was born in France in 1928 to [first-generation immigrants](/source/First-generation_immigrant) to France from [Bessarabia](/source/Bessarabia) (now [Moldova](/source/Moldova)).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duchen |first=Jessica |title=‘UN MAUVAIS CARACTÈRE’ |url=https://www.jessicaduchen.co.uk/pdfs/other_2012/erlithfeb12.pdf |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=www.jessicaduchen.co.uk}}</ref> His father was a folk musician who played the [cimbalon](/source/cimbalon) and [pan pipes](/source/pan_pipes). His parents made sure that he spoke only French so that he would not be known as an immigrant.

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* {{cite book|last=Sultan|first=Sophie|title=Devy Erlih, portrait d'un violoniste pionnier (1928-2012)|location=Rouen|publisher=Editions du Robec|year=2018|isbn=978-2-9564-338-0-4}}
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Category:20th-century French Jews
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Category:Musicians from Paris
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Category:Jewish violinists
Category:Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners
Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris
Category:French people of Moldovan-Jewish descent

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