Gerald Elias

Gerald Elias visits to chat about and sign his three Daniel Jacobus mysteries, set in the world of classical music. Jacobus is a blind and curmudgeonly violinist who seems bent on driving away the students that he has. He also has a knack for solving murders that take place within the classic music world. ... (more)The first, Devil’s Trill, was released in 2009. Danse Macabre, the second, was published in 2010. Death and the Maiden, the third and most recent, was published last August. Elias is himself is a violinist, adjunct professor of music at the University of Utah, and musical director of the Vivaldi by Candlelight concert series. He will be on hand to sign books and speak informally to his fans. All we ask is you purchase one of his new books at our store, so we can continue to host these great events!

Signs Death and the Maiden (St Martins $26) and expect music to be a part of the program. Elias tells us he is preparing "a surprise" As the famed New Magini String Quartet prepares for a performance of Schubert's masterpiece, "Death and the Maiden," which it hopes will resuscitate its faltering career, ... (more)someone starts picking off members of the string quartet. The quartet pins its hopes on a multi-media Carnegie Hall. But as the fateful downbeat approaches, one by one the quartet's musicians mysteriously vanish (as in an Agatha Christie novel), including second violinist, Yumi Shinagawa, former student of renowned blind pedagogue and amateur sleuth, Daniel Jacobus. It is left up to Jacobus, with his old friend, Nathaniel Williams, and a new member of the detective team, Trotsky the bulldog, to crack the case…. Violinist Elias is retiring from performing but we plan to talk him into playing his fiddle at his event.

Gerald Elias visits to read from Death and the Maiden at 7 PM. Dogged by internal dissension and by a potentially devastating lawsuit from its fired second violinist, the famed New Magini String Quartet is on the brink of professional and personal collapse. The quartet pins its hopes on a multi-media ... (more)Carnegie Hall performance of Franz Schubert’s masterpiece, “Death and the Maiden,” to resurrect its faltering fortunes. But as the fateful downbeat approaches, a la Agatha Christie, one by one the quartet’s musicians mysteriously vanish, including second violinist, Yumi Shinagawa, former student of renowned blind pedagogue and amateur sleuth, Daniel Jacobus. It is left up to the begrudging Jacobus, with his old friend, Nathaniel Williams, and a new member of the detective team, Trotsky the bulldog, to unravel the deadly puzzle. As usual, it ends up more than Jacobus bargained for. A graduate of Yale, Gerald Elias has been a Boston Symphony violinist, Associate Concertmaster of the Utah Symphony, Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of Utah, first violinist of the Abramyan String Quartet, and Music Director of the Vivaldi Candlelight concert series. Jerry plays selections of classical music on his violin at all his events.

September 5 , Gerald Elias signs Devil's Trill (St Martins $25), a debut set in the world of classical music. Violinist Elias, a Tucson virtuoso who performs with the Boston Symphony, presents a concert and book program.

From concert violinist Gerald Elias comes this debut set in the classical music world about the theft of a priceless violin.

Here's a truly multimedia event. Gerald Elias presents his DEVIL'S TRILL, a tale of greed, lust, power, and murder ... and classical music! It's an evocative debut mystery about the theft of a priceless violin by the concertmaster of the Utah Symphony. Elias will also perform Tartini's Devil's Trill!
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