Yuri Yankelevich
Yuri Yankelevich (Russian: Юрий Исаевич Янкелевич) (March 7, 1909 – September 22, 1973)[1] was an eminent Soviet violin teacher who nurtured many generations of Russian virtuosos during his tenure at the Moscow Conservatory.
Life and career
Yuri Yankelevich was born in Basel, Switzerland. His father was the renown lawyer Isay Leontyevich Yankelevich, one of the founders of the Omsk Philharmonic Society. In Omsk, young Yuri studied with a student of Leopold Auer, Anisim Berlin,[2] the grandfather of Natalia Gutman. In 1923 he entered the Leningrad Conservatory in the class of I. R. Nalbandian (he being too a student of Leopold Auer). Alexander Glazunov commented his graduation by saying that "a career as virtuoso violinist would certainly be his calling". In 1932 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory under professor Yampolsky, and finished his doctorate degree in 1937. Between 1930 and 1937 he was assistant concertmaster violinist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and afterwards concentrated primarily on pedagogical activities. Since 1934 he taught at the Moscow Conservatory Central Special Music School, the Moscow Conservatory Music College, and at the Conservatory itself (at first as Yampolsky's assistant, and later heading his own studio and becoming the head of the violin department). He also seriously concentrated on the theory of violin playing, creating a series of methodological publications. Professor Yankelevich died in Moscow.
Notable students
- Viktor Tretyakov
- Ruben Aharonyan
- Yakov Boroditsky
- Felix Andrievsky
- Ilya Grubert
- Ilya Kaler
- Grigori Zhislin
- Leonid Kogan
- Mikhail Kopelman
- Lin Yao Ji
- Boris Belkin
- Vladimir Landsman
- Lev Markiz
- Albert Markov
- Nelli Shkolnikova
- Vladimir Spivakov
- Levon Ambartsumian
- Eva Graubin
- Arkadi Futer
- Boris Kuniev
- Dora Schwarzberg
- Taras Gabora
- Tatjana Grindenko
- Boris Garlitsky
- Alexandre Brussilovsky
- Mikhaïl Bezverkhny
- Vesna Stefanovich-Gruppman
Notes
- ^ "Krugosvet Encyclopedia (Russian)". Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-05-16.
- ^ http://www.yankelevitch.ru/index3.php?page=selfen
References
- Roth, Henry (1997). Violin Virtuosos: From Paganini to the 21st Century. Los Angeles, CA: California Classics Books. ISBN 1-879395-15-0
- The Way They Play - S. Applebaum
- Yankelevitch International Violin Competition