Boris Goldstein

Boris Goldstein (Russian Борис Эммануилович Гольдштейн, Boris Emmanuilovich Goldstein, born December 25, 1922 in Odessa, † November 8, 1987 in Hannover ) was a Russian-Jewish violinist and music teacher.

Boris ( Busya ) Goldstein was a prominent violinist personality at a young age. The age of ten he played with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra on the radio the Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, thus founding a sensational career. His teachers were Pyotr Stolyarski, Abram Jampolski, Lev Zeitlin and Konstantin Mostras. 1935 Goldstein won a prize at the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Warsaw and two years later at the international Ysaÿe Competition in Brussels, which joined concerts in many European capitals. Musicians such as Fritz Kreisler, Sergei Prokofiev, Jascha Heifetz and Yehudi Menuhin expressed their admiration for Goldstein's game. After an appearance at the Wieniawski Competition Heinrich Neuhaus said of the young Goldstein: "One is amazed by the sensible and mature game, from a sense of style, the depth and accuracy of his performances to would envy him many masters. "

In the Soviet Union, Boris Goldstein played regularly on the radio and recorded with the great works of the violin repertoire and chamber music, including works that have been specifically dedicated to him.

1974 Boris Goldstein emigrated with his family from the former Soviet Union to Germany, where in the context of a professorship at the Academy of Music in Würzburg, he led a master class from 1976. His appearances were highlights of his career as a violinist in Germany and Western Europe. In 1981 undertook Boris Goldstein along with his daughter, the pianist Julia Goldstein, many national and international tours.

Even as a teacher Goldstein could have success: Many of his students have been winners of international violin competitions, so among other things, Zakhar Bron and Alexander Skvortsov.