Violinist Archive

Nikolaj Znaider is one of the foremost violinists of today and he combines a soloist career at the very highest level with a growing conducting career. A wonderfully versatile musician, Znaider has established his conductor …

Yitzhak Perlman is celebrated by many as one of the greatest classical violinists of the twentieth century. Overcoming polio and its crippling effects, Perlman was a distinguished musician in his native Israel prior to entering …

David Oistrakh studied violin as a child with Pyotr Stoliarsky in Odessa, making his debut there at the age of 6, and then continued his studies with Stoliarsky at the Odessa Conservatory during 1923-26. Oistrakh’s …

Nikolaj Znaider is both a violinist and conductor. He graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music studying under Milan Vitek and from the Vienna Conservatory studying under Boris Kuschnir. He became well-known after his victory …

David Oistrakh was born in Odessa, in the Ukraine, on Oct. 30, 1908. His father was a bookkeeper who was an amateur fiddler, and his mother sang in the chorus of the Odessa Opera. Not …