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Leonid Kogan
Leonid Kogan
Soviet musician
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Liana Isakadze
Liana Isakadze
Georgian violinist
2
Viktoria Mullova
Viktoria Mullova
Russian violinist
3
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Russian composer
4
Nathan Milstein
Nathan Milstein
American musician
5
Julian Sitkovetsky
Julian Sitkovetsky
Russian-Ukrainian violinist
6
Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz
Lithuanian violinist
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Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern
American musician
8
James Ehnes
James Ehnes
Canadian concert violinist
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Boris Belkin
Boris Belkin
Soviet violinist
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Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
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Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian
Armenian Soviet composer and conductor (1903-1978)
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Andrei Gavrilov
Andrei Gavrilov
Russian musician
13
André Gertler
André Gertler
Hungarian musician
14
Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Richter
Soviet pianist
15
Ilya Itin
Ilya Itin
Russian pianist
16
Arthur Grumiaux
Arthur Grumiaux
Belgian violinist and pianist
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
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Gustav Schmahl
Gustav Schmahl
German musician
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Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer
Latvian violinist and conductor
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Russian composer
21
Tikhon Khrennikov
Tikhon Khrennikov
Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007)
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Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Pletnev
Russian pianist, conductor, and composer
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Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian cellist and conductor
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Arabella Steinbacher
Arabella Steinbacher
German violinist
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Alexandre Da Costa
Alexandre Da Costa
Canadian violinist
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Leonidas Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos
Greek violinist
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Soviet violinist
Awards Received
Stalin Prize
Order of Lenin
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Lenin Prize
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Order of the Lion of Finland
Grammy Award
Member of, past and present
Academy of Arts of the GDR

Academy of Arts of the GDR

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

David Oistrakh (left) with conductor Franz Konwitschny (middle) and his son Igor Oistrakh (right) in 1957

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh, orig. German: Eustrach (30 September [O.S. 17 September] 1908 – 24 October 1974), was a Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor.

Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works, including both of Dmitri Shostakovich's violin concerti and the violin concerto by Aram Khachaturian. He is considered one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century.
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