Elizabeth Pitcairn

Quick Facts

Full Name	Elizabeth Pitcairn
Occupation	Violinist
Date Of Birth	Dec 5, 1973(1973-12-05)
Age	51
Birthplace	Bucks County
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Elizabeth Pitcairn Biography

Elizabeth Pitcairn is one of the most popular and richest Violinist who was born on December 5, 1973 in Bucks County, United States. Pitcairn performs in partnership with the “Red Mendelssohn” Violin (Stradivarius 1720). It was purchased as a gift to her by her grandfather in 1990 (for a reported $1.7 million) at auction at Christie’s London. It is this auction which is said to have inspired the movie The Red Violin, which won the Academy Award for best musical score in 1999. She is one of few soloists who perform the Red Violin Chaconne, for which composer John Corigliano won his Oscar. Pitcairn appears on the 10th anniversary edition of The Red Violin – Meridian Collection DVD in a special feature documentary interview.

Pitcairn champions new music, and commissioned a violin concerto from one of Sweden’s leading composers, Tommie Haglund, titled Hymns to Night. She premiered this work with the Swedish Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in 2005, and the concert was broadcast throughout Sweden. The work was nominated for a 2011 Swedish Grammi. She performed for the international press at Christie’s of New York, which invited her to demonstrate another Stradivarius, and gave interviews to CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Reuters, WNYC-FM, Scotland’s Radio Sound, The Associated Press and The New York Times.

Elizabeth Pitcairn Net Worth

Elizabeth Pitcairn is one of the richest Violinist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elizabeth Pitcairn 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pitcairn was born into a musical family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her mother, cello player Mary Eleanor (Brace) Pitcairn, received a master’s degree from Juilliard. Her father Laren Pitcairn trained to be an opera singer. Her younger brother David played cello, though makes his living as an aerospace engineer. Her great-grandfather, John Pitcairn (January 19, 1841 – July 22, 1916), founded the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Her grandfather was the Rev Theodore Pitcairn of Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. She is the great-niece of Harold and Raymond Pitcairn.

Elizabeth Pitcairn (born December 5, 1973) is an American classical violinist and heiress to the PPG fortune. She has concertized widely as a soloist and is noted for performing on the 1720 Red Mendelssohn Antonio Stradivari violin that is said to have inspired the film The Red Violin.

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Facts & Trivia

Elizabeth Ranked on the list of most popular Violinist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Elizabeth Pitcairn celebrates birthday on December 5 of every year.

Who owns the red violin now?

Although its true owner in its centuries-spanning absence remains a mystery, the instrument eventually ended up in the hands of violin virtuoso Pitcairn. Pitcairn, whose family is composed of musicians and UT alumni, said she began playing the violin as young as three years old in her rural Pennsylvania home.

How old is Elizabeth Pitcairn?

48 years (December 5, 1973)

Is The Red Violin true story?

In the 1998 movie The Red Violin, a great violin maker named Nicolo Bussotti, based on the real-life luthier Antonio Stradivari , supposedly mixes the blood of his deceased beloved wife into the varnish of what is to be his most precious creation.

Who owns the Lady Blunt Stradivarius?

Owned for 30 years by Lady Anne Blunt , granddaughter of the famous English poet Lord Byron, the violin has also belonged to the famed Parisian dealer Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, the collectors Richard Bennett, the Baron Knoop and Sam Bloomfield, and The Nippon Music Foundation.

Where is the Red Violin?

It spans four centuries and five countries as it tells the story of a mysterious red-coloured violin and its many owners. The instrument, made in Cremona in 1681 with a future forecast by tarot cards, makes its way to Montreal in 1997, where an appraiser identifies it and it goes to auction.