Igor Oistrakh
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Igor Davidovich Oistrakh (Template:Langx; April 1931 – 14 August 2021<ref name="Musiq3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) was a Soviet and Russian violinist. He was described by Encyclopædia Britannica as "noted for his lean, modernist interpretations".<ref name="Britannica">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
Life and careerEdit
Oistrakh was born in Odessa, to a Jewish family. the son of Tamara Rotareva and the violinist David Oistrakh.<ref name="Strad">Template:Cite news</ref> He began studying violin with Valeria Merenbloom at age 6,<ref name="The Telegraph">Template:Cite news</ref> though his main teacher was his father.<ref name="Inglis 2021">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Grove">Template:Cite encyclopedia Template:Grove Music subscription</ref> In 1943, the 12-year-old Oistrakh enrolled in the Central Music School, Moscow, studying with Pyotr Stolyarsky who had taught both his father and Nathan Milstein.<ref name="The Telegraph"/> He made his concert debut in 1948;<ref name="AllMusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the next year he won the International Violin Competition in Budapest and enrolled in the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.<ref name="Strad"/> He won the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 1952 and graduated from Moscow Conservatory in 1955.<ref name="Grove"/>
He then joined the faculty of the Conservatory in 1958, becoming a lecturer in 1965. Beginning in 1996, Oistrakh held the post of Professor of the Royal Conservatory in Brussels.<ref name="BC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Oistrakh appeared frequently internationally, both as a soloist and in joint recitals with his father, or with his father conducting.<ref name="Britannica"/> His wife Natalya Zertsalova is a pianist and has performed with him.<ref name="Britannica"/> Their son, Valery, is an active violinist.<ref name="Strad"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On 14 August 2021, Oistrakh died at age 90; however, media generally reported this on 1 September 2021.<ref name="Musiq3"/>