Cui: Berceuse - Cecilia Hansen, 1924

From the album “Violinists - Library of Congress“ Cecilia Hansen was borne in 1897 in Russia and died in London in 1989. She was a student of Leopold Auer. César Cui: 1835 - 1918 Cui’s father, Antoine, came to Russia with the invading army of Napoleon, and settled in Lithuania where he met Julia Gucewicz. Cesar had three brothers and one sister. He was not a child prodigy, but his father made him take violin lessons, where he learned theory but not composition. Around the age of 15 Cesar went to milita