Isidore Cohen, 82; Violinist Formerly With the Beaux Arts Trio

Isidore Cohen, 82, a violinist and chamber music performer in the prominent Beaux Arts Trio, died June 23 in New York City.

From 1969 to 1992, Cohen toured with Beaux Arts and recorded a vast range of music, including all of Haydn’s piano trios and the piano quartets of Mozart and Brahms. After he joined Beaux Arts, which was formed in 1955, the trio’s style was said to have broadened and deepened.

Cohen was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1922 and began studying violin when he was 6. He enrolled in Brooklyn College as a pre-med student, but he left to join the Army in 1943 and fought in Europe. He also performed in the Army’s symphony orchestra and in jazz bands.

After the war, Cohen studied violin and performed freelance. In 1952, he joined the Schneider String Quartet as second violinist.

Among the group’s accomplishments was the performance, in concert and on recordings, of the complete Haydn quartets. From 1958 to 1968, he was second violinist with the Juilliard String Quartet.

Cohen also taught at a number of universities and schools.