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Born in Montreal, Quebec to French and American parents, Furey trained as a classical violinist, [2] and at age 11 performed as a soloist in the Matinées pour la jeunesse concert series of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. [1]
Jul 9, 2007 · After studying the violin privately, Lewis Furey made his Montreal Symphony Orchestra debut at 11 as soloist in a young people's concert, then studied 1961-5 at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal with Calvin Sieb and 1964-7 at the Juilliard School in New York, with Ivan Galamian.
He was born there Lewis Greenblatt to French and American parents, and after ditching a promising career in the classical world - he had performed with the Montreal Symphony by age 11 and then gone on to study violin at Juilliard - he decided to try his hand as a singer-songwriter in the increasingly fertile world of pop music.
After studying the violin privately, Lewis Furey made his Montreal Symphony Orchestra debut at 11 as soloist in a young people's concert. In 1974 he turned to pop music. With the actress-singer Carole Laure, Furey appeared in Gilles Carle's film "L'Ange Et La Femme" in 1976.
Lewis Furey began violin lessons when he was 5 years old. At 11, he made his debut as soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sir Wilfrid Pelletier.
After private violin studies as a child, he debuted with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the age of eleven as a soloist in a youth concert. He then studied at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec from 1961 to 1965, and from 1964 to 1967 at The Juilliard School in New York City.
Oct 1, 2008 · Born in Montreal, Quebec, Furey trained as a classical violinist, and at age 11 performed as a soloist in the Matinées pour la jeunesse concert series of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He later studied at the Juilliard School in New York City.
