Word: oistrakh
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Scala. Romans were astonished at the formidable power and technique of Pianist Emil Ghilels, 35. And in Florence for the first time, an audience of 2,700 heard a 42-year-old violinist, now rated the equal of Heifetz, Menuhin, Szigeti and Milstein. His name: David Oistrakh...
...weeks before the running, the odds were on the Russians to sweep the field in Belgium's first postwar revival of its violin international-the Concours Eugène Ysaÿe, this year renamed for Queen Mother Elisabeth. There was a notable precedent : brilliant Soviet Violinist David Oistrakh (TIME, Aug. 2, 1948) won the grand prize in the first contest in 1937. Moreover, the simple fact that the Russians entered meant that they were confident their violinists were good enough...
From the first preliminaries, there was little doubt among spectators or judges (among them: Violinist Jacques Thibaud, Oistrakh himself) as to the winner. Leonid Kogan, 26, native of Dnepropetrovsk, sounded brilliantly above the rest. But all four Russian entrants were among the twelve who survived the first high hurdles -a Bach sonata, a sonata by Ysaÿe, the great Belgian violinist (1858-1931), two concertos and six pieces of the contestants' choosing...
...week's end, Brussels music lovers got a rare dividend: a performance by the great David Oistrakh himself. Wearing his Stalin Prize medal, 42-year-old Oistrakh hypnotized them with a splendid playing of Bach's double concerto (with Belgian Violinist Arthur Grumiaux). At the end, the audience, including Queen Mother Elisabeth, stood and gave a four-minute ovation to the man who is Russia's finest violinist, and surely one of the finest in the world. It was his first performance in Western Europe in 14 years...
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (David Oistrakh, violinist, with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, A. V. Gauk conducting; 2 sides LP). Surely one of the great among modern violinists, 42-year-old Oistrakh combines in his playing the suavity of Heifetz and the depth and penetration of Szigeti. Most curious item in another album of Oistrakh favorites: Stephen Foster's Swanee River...