Devy Erlih
{{Short description|French violinist (1928–2012)}}
Devy Erlih (Paris, 5 November 1928 – Paris, 7 February 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9186965/Devy-Erlih.html|title=Devy Erlih|website=The Telegraph|date=4 April 2012 }} was a French violinist and the 1955 winner of the Long-Thibaud competition.
Background
Erlih was born in France in 1928 to first-generation immigrants to France from Bessarabia (now Moldova).http://www.jessicaduchen.co.uk/pdfs/other_2012/erlithfeb12.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} His father was a folk musician who played the cimbalon and pan pipes. His parents made sure that he spoke only French so that he would not be known as an immigrant.
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Category:20th-century French Jews
Category:21st-century French violinists
Category:21st-century French male musicians
Category:French male classical violinists
Category:Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners
Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris
Category:French people of Moldovan-Jewish descent
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