Samuel Thaviu



Violinist, born 1910, died 1 July 2000 in Evanston, Illinois.

Member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1934-1937. He then became concertmaster and soloist at several orchestras - the Kansas City Philharmonic and the Baltimore and Cleveland symphonies - before moving to the Pittsburgh Symphony, where he served for 20 years under [A=Fritz Reiner] and later William Steinberg. While in Pittsburgh, he served as conductor of the Carnegie Mellon Orchestra.