Maurice Raskin (1906 – 1984) was a Belgian violinist. Born in

Liège Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east o ...

, Raskin, a student of

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(violin) and Lucien Capet (chamber music), was one of the best Belgian violinists of his time. During his exile in England during the Second World War, he founded the "Belgian London Quartet". Laureate of the

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in 1928, he made a long career as a concert and chamber musician, documented also by numerous recordings, including those with the "Maurice Raskin Quartet". In 1928, his friend, composer

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, dedicated to him the second of his ''

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'' (W 227) and

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, his Chaconne for solo violin Op.69 (1949). Raskin had been a professor of

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at the

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since 1936 and appointed violin teacher in 1939. He was appointed first violin teacher at the

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Conservatory in 1956. Among his students were Francis Duroy,

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and

Sigiswald Kuijken Sigiswald Kuijken (; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments. Biography Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble o ...

with his wife Marleen Thiers. He was appointed member of many juries for violin competitions: the

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, the

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competition and that of the

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. He bequeathed his music collection to a special foundation at the library of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

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Discography
on

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Debussy's Violin Sonata, L. 140: I. Allegro vivo
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