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Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Russian composer
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Emerson String Quartet
Emerson String Quartet
string quartet
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Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern
American musician
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Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
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Veniamin Basner
Veniamin Basner
Soviet and Russian composer
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
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Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Russian conductor and opera company director
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David Oistrakh
David Oistrakh
Soviet violinist
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Hollywood String Quartet
Hollywood String Quartet
American string quartet
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Alan Shulman
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
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Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian cellist and conductor
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Maximilian Steinberg
Maximilian Steinberg
Russian classical music composer (1883-1946)
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Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian conductor
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Mieczysław Weinberg
Mieczysław Weinberg
Polish Soviet composer
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Juilliard String Quartet
Juilliard String Quartet
classical music string quartet-in-residence
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Gavriil Popov
Gavriil Popov
Russian composer
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Yevgeny Mravinsky
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue (1903–1988)
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Melos Quartet
Melos Quartet
string quartet
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Nevsky String Quartet (Quinten Quartet, until 1998) is a string quartet based in St. Petersburg, Russia. They are noted for their award-winning performances of Russian music and their performances of contemporary music.