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Franz Vlashek

[b]Franz Vlashek[/b] (21 June 1902 — 15 June 1994, Arlington, Virginia) was a Latvian and American cellist who played in the [a=National Symphony Orchestra] under [a=Mstislav Rostropovich] for many years and recorded with several prominent jazz musicians, including [a=Charlie Byrd] and [a=Thelonious Monk]. Franz lived in Riga in the 1920s and later emigrated to the United States, settling in Washington, DC. His sister, Helena Vlashek, married pianist [a=Simon Barere] (1896—1951) and later was a prominent educator, teaching at the [l=New England Conservatory Of Music]; among her students were [a=Earl Wild] and [a=Edwin Hymovitz].