Konstantin Georgiyevich Mostras (; 16 April 1886 – 6 September 1965) was a Soviet and Russian violinist and teacher. He studied at the

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School of Music and Drama until 1914, and later was a teacher there (from 1914 till 1922). During this period he performed in quartets and other ensembles. From 1922 he taught the violin at the

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, where he became head of the violin department, and in 1931 introduced his unique method on violin teaching. From 1922 to 1932 he was one of the directors of

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, the conductorless

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. As a teacher he played a significant role in the development of a Soviet violin school; among his pupils were

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, Mikhail Terian, Andrey Abramenkov and Marina Yashvili. He wrote and edited many instructional works and transcriptions for the violin, including an edition of

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(in collaboration with

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) with a commentary on technique (Moscow, 1947) and studies for solo violin, as well as valuable writings on violin technique.

Writings

*Intonatsiya na skripke ntonation on the violin(Moscow and Leningrad, 1947, 2/1963; Ger. trans., 1961) *Ritmicheskaya distsiplina skripacha he rhythmical discipline of the violinist(Moscow, 1951; Ger. trans., 1959) *Dinamika v skripichnom iskusstve he dynamics of the art of violin playing(Moscow, 1956) *Sistema domashnikh zanyatiy skripacha system of home studies for the violinist(Moscow, 1956) *Metodicheskiy komentariy k 24 kaprisam dlya skripki solo N. Paganini technical commentary on Paganini's 24 Caprices for violin solo(Moscow, 1959) *I.M. Yampol′sky/R

References

1886 births 1965 deaths 20th-century Russian male musicians Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory Music educators from the Russian Empire Violinists from the Russian Empire Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian male violinists Russian music educators Russian violinists Soviet music educators Soviet violinists {{Russia-musician-stub Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery