Boris Emmanuilovich Goldstein (25 December 19228 November 1987, known by the

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violinist whose career was greatly hindered by the political situation in the

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. As a young prodigy, he started violin studies in

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with the eminent pedagogue, Pyotr Stolyarsky and continued them in

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under Abram Yampolsky and Lev Tseitlin. As a teenager, Boris Goldstein was singled out by Heifetz as being USSR's most brilliant violin talent. His brother was the violinist and composer Mikhail Goldstein. His great uncle was the physicist

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Life and career

Goldstein was born in Odessa in 1922, the son of Emanuel Goldstein from Leipzig, Germany, who moved to Odessa to become a professor for mathematics in Odessa. He won the fourth prize of the 1935 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in

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;

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from

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came first,

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second, and Josef Hassid from

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received an honorary diploma. In 1937, at one of the most prestigious international competitions of its time, th
International Ysaye Competition
, Stolyarsky students caused a sensation. Top prizes were won by

, Boris Goldstein, Yelizaveta Gilels and Mikhail Fikhtengoltz. "The results of the sessions created a profound impression: the Soviet school, with an assurance that bordered on arrogance, carried off all the prizes from the first down. The latter was awarded without the slightest discussion to the great David Oistrakh. Everyone else had to be content with crumbs; the Belgian violin school, though still a source of pride, failed, and its absence at the final was much commented on;

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and Carlo Van Neste, both young and inexperienced, were not able to convince the jury." The Queen Elisabeth Competition
/ref> Later he was forced to emigrate from

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, he taught but his solo career never recovered. The composer, violinist, and professor for violin Mikhail Goldstein was his brother. Notable students of Boris Goldstein include Zakhar Bron and . Goldstein died on 8 November 1987 in

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, Germany.

External links

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Notes

References

* Roth, Henry (1997). ''Violin Virtuosos: From Paganini to the 21st Century''. Los Angeles, CA: California Classics Books. *В сб.: Музыкальное исполнительство, в. 6, М., 1970, с. 162—193; - Гринберг М., Пронин В., В классе П. С. Столярского *«Советская музыка», 1972, № 3. - Ойстрах Д., Фурер С., Мордкович Л., О нашем учителе. (К столетию П. С. Столярского) 1922 births 1987 deaths Musicians from Odesa Odesa Jews Ukrainian classical violinists Soviet classical violinists Male classical violinists Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Soviet male musicians Moscow Conservatory alumni {{USSR-bio-stub