The Borodin Trio was a classical music trio founded in 1976 by Russians Rostislav Dubinsky (1923–97), his wife, pianist Luba Edlina, and cellist
Yuli Turovsky
Yuli Turovsky OC CQ (Russian: Юлий Туровский; 7 June 193915 January 2013) was a Soviet-born Canadian cellist, conductor and music educator. His name is mostly associated with the I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra, which he f ...
(1939–2013), after Dubinsky, founding first violinist of the famed
Borodin Quartet
The Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in the then Soviet Union. It is one of the world's longest-lasting string quartets, having marked its 70th-anniversary season in 2015.
The quartet was one of the Soviet Union's best ...
, emigrated from the
U.S.S.R.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by are ...
to the Netherlands and later to the United States. (The Borodin Quartet had been named after
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 183327 February 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as " The Five", a group dedicated to prod ...
, who was one of Russian chamber music's founders.)
The Borodin Trio was best known for its recordings on
Chandos Records
Chandos Records is a British independent classical music recording company based in Colchester. It was founded in 1979 by Brian Couzens. Turovsky and Edlina also performed as the Borodin Duo.Laszlo Varga (cellist), Laszlo Varga replaced Turovsky as cellist in 1991 or 1992.