32-561: David Fyodorovich Oistrakh ( né Eustrach ; 30 September [ O.S. 17 September] 1908 – 24 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian violinist , violist , and conductor . He was also Professor at the Moscow Conservatory , People's Artist of the USSR (1953), and Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1960). Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of
64-584: A French violinist . During World War II he was active in the Soviet Union, premiering new concerti by Nikolai Miaskovsky and Aram Khachaturian as well as two sonatas by his friend Sergei Prokofiev . He was also awarded the Stalin Prize in 1942. The final years of the war saw the blossoming of a friendship with Shostakovich, which led to the two violin concertos and the sonata, all of which were to be premiered by and become firmly associated with Oistrakh in
96-720: A child prodigy , she went to study at age 8 with the Austrian-born violin teacher Oskar Back . Later she studied with Herman Krebbers , Bela Dekany, Wolfgang Schneiderhan in Lucerne and David Oistrakh in Moscow . At the age of 17, she was the youngest prize winning finalist at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. A week later Verhey graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory. The public interest for her examination
128-577: A man's surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed. The diacritic mark (the acute accent ) over the e is considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but is sometimes omitted. According to Oxford University 's Dictionary of Modern English Usage , the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., " Margaret Thatcher , née Roberts" or " Bill Clinton , né Blythe"). Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be italicized , but they often are. In Polish tradition ,
160-641: A furious pace. He had already become one of the principal cultural ambassadors for the Soviet Union to the West in live concerts and recordings. After conducting a cycle of Brahms with the Concertgebouw Orchestra , he died from another heart attack in Amsterdam in 1974. His remains were returned to Moscow, where he was interred in Novodevichy Cemetery . Oistrakh received many awards and distinctions. Within
192-453: A gift of it." Oistrakh had remarked that this (Richaume) bow gave him great satisfaction, so much so that when in Paris he had to meet Richaume in person. Oistrakh was an avid chess player in the 1930s, when Stalin's government was actively encouraging its best minds to pursue chess as a hobby. His 1937 match against the composer Sergei Prokofiev was a widely observed event in the Soviet Union and
224-607: A position teaching at the Moscow Conservatory , and was later made professor in 1939. Some of his colleagues while teaching at the conservatory included Yuri Yankelevich and Boris Goldstein . Oistrakh taught Oleg Kagan , Valery Klimov (who later succeeded Oistrakh's position at the Moscow Conservatory), Emmy Verhey , Oleh Krysa , Gidon Kremer , Yulia Brodskaya (Julia Verba), Eduard Dayan, Zoya Petrosyan , Jean Ter-Merguerian , Victor Danchenko , Victor Pikaizen, Cyrus Forough , Olga Parhomenko, and his son Igor Oistrakh. In
256-512: A year later and had one child, Igor Oistrakh , who was born in 1931. Igor Oistrakh later followed his father's path as a violinist, and eventually performed and recorded side by side with his father, including Bach's Double Concerto , which they first recorded in 1951, and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra . In at least one of the recordings of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, Igor Oistrakh played violin, while his father David played viola. From 1934 onwards, Oistrakh held
288-521: Is a biennial competition for young violinists held since 2006 in memory of David Oistrakh, organized by the non-profit David Oistrakh Charity Foundation. The competition, supported by Moscow government's Department of Culture, the Ministry for Culture of Russia and the Moscow Conservatory , is a member of the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth . The competition aims to popularize and develop
320-428: Is seen as an important factor in the game's enduring popularity in ex-Soviet nations today. Oistrakh handily defeated Prokofiev in the ten-game match; Prokofiev resigned after seven games. Only one game transcript survives, and it records a draw between the two players. Awards Oistrakh made recordings for the state classical music label, Melodiya . These recordings were marketed in the west under EMI Records and in
352-416: Is the feminine past participle of naître , which means "to be born". Né is the masculine form. The term née , having feminine grammatical gender , can be used to denote a woman's surname at birth that has been replaced or changed. In most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's maiden name after her surname has changed due to marriage. The term né can be used to denote
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#1732855240516384-667: The Glazunov Violin Concerto in a performance conducted by the composer, which earned the violinist an invitation to play the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in Leningrad with the Philharmonic Orchestra under Nikolai Malko the following year. In 1927, Oistrakh relocated to Moscow , where he gave his first recital and met his future wife: the pianist Tamara Rotareva (1906–1976). They were married
416-569: The Odessa Conservatory in 1923, where he studied until his graduation in 1926. At the conservatory he also studied harmony with the composer Mykola Vilinsky . His 1926 graduation concert consisted of Bach's Chaconne , Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata , Rubinstein's Viola Sonata , and Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major . In 1927, Oistrakh appeared in Kiev as soloist with
448-425: The 1950s, David Oistrakh invited Yulia Brodskaya to be his assistant in teaching solo and chamber music and Rosa Fine as his assistant for solo students. From 1940 to 1963, Oistrakh performed extensively in a trio that also included the cellist Sviatoslav Knushevitsky and the pianist Lev Oborin . It was sometimes called the "Oistrakh Trio". Oistrakh collaborated extensively with Oborin, as well as Jacques Thibaud ,
480-569: The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory of the Tchaikovsky concerto, one of his favourite works, under the baton of Gennady Rozhdestvensky . Oistrakh was now seen as one of the great violinists of his time, alongside fellow Russian Nathan Milstein , Romania's George Enescu and Lithuanian-born Jascha Heifetz . Oistrakh suffered a heart attack in 1964. He survived and continued to work at
512-489: The Soviet Union, David Oistrakh was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1942, the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1953, and the Lenin Prize in 1960. He also won the 1935 Soviet Union Competition . Several reputable works from the standard violin repertoire are dedicated to Oistrakh, including a concerto by Khachaturian, two concerti by Shostakovich, and several other pieces. Oistrakh's fame and success were not limited to
544-568: The Soviet Union. He initially selected the 1702 Conte di Fontana Stradivarius , which he played for 10 years before exchanging it for the 1705 Marsick Stradivarius in June 1966, which he played until his death (Interview included in "The Art of Violin" DVD, NVC Arts, 2000). Oistrakh used bows by Albert Nürnberger and André Richaume throughout his life. Up until 1957, he used a Nürnberger bow. "The André Richaume bow bought by his son Igor Oistrakh in 1957 had filled David with such enthusiasm that Igor made
576-740: The Soviet Union: he was placed second at the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Warsaw , after the 16-year-old prodigy Ginette Neveu , and further improved upon that by winning the grand prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels . The asteroid 42516 Oistrach is named in honour of him and his son, the violinist Igor Oistrakh . Oistrakh is known to have played at least seven Stradivarius violins owned by
608-712: The U.S.A. under Angel Records . He made a few guest recordings with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Ormandy . These were issued by Columbia Records . In the 21st century, many of the Melodiya recordings have been reissued by Warner Classics , whose parent company acquired EMI's classical catalog. There is a yearly music festival, "The David Oistrakh Festival", from late August to October in Estonia . Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin Competition
640-514: The United States. By 1959, he was beginning to establish a second career as a conductor, and in 1960 he was awarded the coveted Lenin Prize. His Moscow conducting debut followed in 1962, and by 1967 he had established a partnership with the celebrated Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter . The year 1968 saw wide celebrations for the violinist's sixtieth birthday, which included a celebratory performance in
672-620: The West. His first foreign engagement was to appear at the newly founded "Prague Spring" Festival where he was met with enormous success. In 1949 he gave his first concert in the West – in Helsinki. In 1951, he appeared at the "Maggio Musicale" Festival in Florence, in 1952 he was in East Germany for the Beethoven celebrations, France in 1953, Britain in 1954, and eventually, in 1955, he was allowed to tour
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#1732855240516704-828: The annual three-day Emmy Verhey Festival is held in Verhey's hometown Zaltbommel. In the presence of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands , Verhey celebrated her golden jubilee with a concert at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague on 20 May 2012. In August 2014, she announced her intention to retire from performance after the summer of 2015. On 29 November 2015 Verhey played her farewell concert in Amsterdam. Verhey has made over 55 recordings which include works by J.S. Bach , Beethoven , Brahms , Alphons Diepenbrock , Dvořák , Felix Mendelssohn , Mozart , Schubert , and Tchaikovsky , among others. In
736-424: The best traditions of Russian violin performance, and to discover young musicians. Birth name#Maiden and married names A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname , the given name , or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become
768-415: The following years. Oistrakh's career was set from this point, although the Soviet Union was "protective" of its people and refused to let him perform abroad. He continued to teach in the Moscow Conservatory, but when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union , he went to the front lines, playing for soldiers and factory workers under intensely difficult conditions. Arguably one of the most heroic acts in his life
800-533: The late seventies Verhey acquired the ' Earl Spencer ', a Stradivarius from 1712 which she played until she acquired a violin by Andrea Guarneri from 1676 in the late nineties. In the year 2000 Emmy Verhey commissioned a copy of her Andrea Guarneri, made by the Dutch violinmaker Lambert Houniet. In 1966 she was the youngest prize winning finalist in the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and landed her first recording contract. In 1967 she won
832-555: The person's legal name . The assumption in the Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah ) will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names , diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition . The French and English-adopted née
864-660: The term z domu (literally meaning "of the house", de domo in Latin ) may be used, with rare exceptions, meaning the same as née . Emmy Verhey Emmy Verhey (born 13 March 1949, in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch violinist. Verhey received her first violin lesson from her father when she was seven. Within a year, she played the Violin Concerto in A minor and the Concerto for Two Violins by Johann Sebastian Bach . Recognized as
896-482: 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. Oistrakh was born to a Jewish family in Odessa , Kherson Governorate , Russian Empire (present day Ukraine ). His father was Fischl Eustrach, son of a second guild merchant, and his mother
928-486: The world such as the United States, Israel, South Korea and Japan. She is known for her solid technique and her warm and rich tone. Her repertoire spans all the range from early to contemporary music. Verhey taught the violin at Utrecht's Conservatory from 1983 to 2002. In 1991 she co-founded the Camerata Antonio Lucio, a string ensemble whose repertoire includes works from the 18th to the 21st century. Since 2006
960-523: Was Beyle Oistrakh. At the age of five, young Oistrakh began his studies of the violin and viola as a pupil of Pyotr Stolyarsky . In his studies with Stolyarsky he became very good friends with Iosif Brodsky , Nathan Milstein and other violinists with whom he collaborated numerous times after achieving fame since their beginnings as fellow students at the Stolyarsky School. In 1914, at the age of six, Oistrakh performed his debut concert. He entered
992-609: Was a performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto to the end in the central music hall during the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 while central Stalingrad was being massively bombed by the German forces. At least one source indicates that Oistrakh performed there that winter. Oistrakh was allowed to travel after the end of the war. He travelled to the countries in the Soviet bloc and even to
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1024-626: Was so huge that it had to take place at the Concertgebouw . Verhey has played with eminent conductors such as Mariss Jansons , Riccardo Chailly , Bernard Haitink , Hans Vonk , Ed Spanjaard , Edo de Waart , Neville Marriner , Klaus Tennstedt , Jean Fournet and with fellow violinists Yehudi Menuhin , David Oistrakh and Igor Oistrakh . She has also played with soloists such as Youri Egorov , Janos Starker , Mischa Maisky and Maria João Pires . She has performed in Europe and in many other parts of
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