Eugene Lehner
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Eugene Lehner (1906 – 13 September 1997) was a prominent violist and music educator.
Lehner was born in Hungary and originally named Jenö Lehner. He was the violist with the Kolisch Quartet from 1926 until 1939, performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 39 years, and continued teaching chamber music at the New England Conservatory of Music well into his retirement. Lehner was widely regarded as one of the greatest living experts of the interpretation of chamber works by Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, and Béla Bartók, having been involved in the premieres of several of such works during his time with the Kolisch Quartet.
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- Guittart, Henk. Quartetto Serioso or Eiserne Brigade?—30 years Schoenberg Quartet. Retrieved on 2006-12-16.
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