Background
Fodor, Eugene Nicholas was born on March 5, 1950 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Eugene Nicholas and Antoinette Elizabeth (Pastore) Fodor.
Fodor, Eugene Nicholas was born on March 5, 1950 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Eugene Nicholas and Antoinette Elizabeth (Pastore) Fodor.
He then studied at the Juilliard School in New York City, Indiana University and the University of Southern California, where his teachers included Ivan Galamian, Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz, respectively.
His first 10 years of study were with Harold Wippler, who taught him from 1958 until 1968. Wippler observed that "lieutenant was very apparent that he had exceptional talent. Not just technical talent but a great, unusual understanding of music".
Fodor made his solo debut with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at the age of 10, playing Max Bruch"s Violin Concerto Number.
1, and began touring as a soloist while still a young teenager. and the Young Musicians Foundation Competition in Los Angeles, California. This award raised his profile further, as an American sharing the top Soviet prize during the height of the Cold War.
He signed a recording contract with Radio Corporation of America Red Seal and was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Fodor appeared on the television show SCTV on 20 November 1981 in a parody of the Joan Crawford movie Humoresque called New York Rhapsody.
His career declined in the late 1980s after an arrest for drug possession on Martha"s Vineyard in 1989 resulted in negative publicity.
Fodor died from cirrhosis in Arlington County, Virginia, at the age of 60. He remarried Susan in November 2010.
Married Susan Davis, 1978 (divorced 1985).
