Karol Dobias Jr., 1924–2001?> (aged 76 years)
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1. CHARLES KAROL DOBIAS This prominent Canadian violinist was born in Slovakia and arrived in Toronto at age seven. He was a scholarship student of Kathleen Parlow at the Royal Conservatory. He won a Canada Council Grant to study in Prague with the great violinist Josef Suk during the summers of 1972 to 1974. As a member of the Toronto Symphony he toured Japan, England, Scotland and France with Seiji Ozawa conducting, and as Concert Master and Soloist with the National Ballet Company of Canada he toured all of Canada and the U.S. and performed as Soloist in Mexico. In 1970 he accepted the position of Concert Master of the Edmonton Symphony and in 1972 came to Winnipeg as Concert Master for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and as Associate Concert Master of the Winnipeg Symphony. In September of 1996 he founded and sponsored the first Slovak National Violin Competition which took place in Bratislava. He presided over this competition as recently as this past Christmas [2000]. He is survived by his sister Gabrielle Neubauer and brother-in-law Joseph, numerous nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews, his cousin Ethel Dobias, god children Sam and Rita Penner and an extended family of fellow musicians and friends. Memorial service held in his honour will be at Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church on Henderson Hwy. at 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 19. Cremation has taken place. Voyage Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements. Thanks to H5 at Health Sciences and West Wing at Riverview. As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 17, 2001 2. Memorable Manitobans: CHARLES KARL [sic] DOBIAS |
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1895–1970
Birth: October 27, 1895 — Klatova Nova Ves, Austro-Hungarian Empire Death: November 16, 1970 — Toronto, Ontario |
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1904–1989
Birth: March 16, 1904 — Klatova Nova Ves, Austro-Hungarian Empire Death: January 2, 1989 — Toronto, Ontario |
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Gabriela Anne Dobias
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1924–2001
Birth: August 6, 1924 — Klatova Nova Ves, Czechoslovakia Death: March 17, 2001 — Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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1924–2001
Birth: August 6, 1924 — Klatova Nova Ves, Czechoslovakia Death: March 17, 2001 — Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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Maria Dobias
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