Leonid Borisovich Kogan (Russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган; Ukrainian: Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider him to be among the greatest violinists of the 20th century. In particular, he is considered to have been one of the greatest representatives of the Soviet School of violin playing.
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David Oistrakh
Soviet violinist
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Viktoria Mullova
Russian violinist
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Isaac Stern
American musician
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Jascha Heifetz
Lithuanian violinist
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Julian Sitkovetsky
Russian-Ukrainian violinist
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Nathan Milstein
American musician
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Josef Suk
Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor (1929-2011)
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Gil Shaham
Israeli musician
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Shlomo Mintz
Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
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Sviatoslav Richter
Soviet pianist
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Michael Korstick
German pianist
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Yevgeny Svetlanov
Russian conductor, composer, and pianist
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Andrei Gavrilov
Russian musician
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Zino Francescatti
French violinist
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Robert Davidovici
Romanian musician
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Dinu Lipatti
Pianist, Composer
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Christian Ferras
French musician
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Julius Katchen
American concert pianist
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Gidon Kremer
Latvian violinist and conductor
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Isabelle Faust
German classical violinist
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Wendy Warner
American musician