J.S.Bach - Six Brandenburg Concertos - Igor Oistrakh & Soloists Ensemble

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Igor Oistrakh was born in Odessa in 1931. As a small boy he was taught to play violin, but his studies were interrupted and resumed only in 1943 under the guidance of Professor Pyotr Stolyarsky, an outstanding Soviet teacher. Later Igor finished as a brilliant pupil the Central Music School where his teacher was V. Merenbaum. His father David Oistrakh exercised the decisive influence on the development of the young artist's personality: it was under his guidance that Igor continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and took a post-graduate course. At eighteen Igor Oistrakh won the first prize at the International Violinists' Competition of the Youth and Student Festival in Budapest. The International Wieniawski Competition in Poznan brought him a similar award. In February, 1968, Igor Oistrakh received the title of Merited Artist of the RSFSR (now - the Russian Federation). The violinist appears with unfailing success in the Soviet Union and abroad, inspiring enthusiastic press notices In Austria, Denmark, France, Britain, the GDR, Czechoslovakia, Japan, -the USA and other countries. The critics admire warm expressiveness of his violin, precision of his phrasing, his stern style, nobleness and virtuoso technique. Igor Oistrakh has performed with outstanding orchestras at home and abroad under batons of most famous conductors of our time. Three times he was a participant of the festivals founded by Pablo Casals, who'enjoyed their joint performances and highly apprlciated Soviet musician's skill. Igor Oistrakh is also known as a conductor directing Soloists Ensemble of the Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Together they recorded A. Corelli's Concerti grossl, J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, W. A. Mozart's Slnfonla Concertante in E flat major for Violin and Viola and Serenade No.13 in G major for strings (Eine kleine Nachtmusik).

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