Who is the greatest violinist ever heard by the greatest violinist of all time?
Grigoraș Dinicu Grigoraș Ionică Dinicu (] ; April 3, 1889 – March 28, 1949) was a Romanian violin virtuoso and composer. He is most famous for his often-played virtuoso violin showpiece "Hora staccato" (1906) and for making popular the tune Ciocârlia, composed by his grandfather Angheluș Dinicu for "nai" (the Romanian pan flute). It is rumored that Jascha Heifetz once said that Grigoraș Dinicu was the greatest violinist he had ever heard. In the 1930s he was involved in the political movement of the Romanian Roma and was made honorary president of the "General Union of the Romanian Roma". Other well known compositions are: "Hora mărțișorului" ("Mărțișor", literally "little March", is a major Romanian seasonal holiday on March 1st), "Ceasornicul" ("The Clock") and "Căruța poștei" ("The Post Wagon").
Hans Sitt Jan Hanuš Sitt, known as Hans Sitt, (21 September 1850, Prague – 10 March 1922, Leipzig), was a Bohemian violinist, violist, teacher, and composer. During his lifetime, he was regarded as one of the foremost teachers of violin. Most of the orchestras and conservatories of Europe and North America then sported personnel who numbered among his students.