Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich

Born in Odessa (now in Ukraine ), in a family of musicians.

From early childhood he began to study music; at the age of six he already played the violin, and two years later the piano.

In 1949 he graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory, in 1955 - from the Moscow Conservatory in the violin class with his father D.F. Oistrakh , in 1958 - graduate school, under his guidance.

While still a student, he won at the International Violin Competition of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Budapest ( 1949 ) and the International Violin Competition. G. Wieniawski in Poznan ( 1952 ).

In 1958 , after graduating from graduate school, he was accepted into the staff of the Moscow Conservatory, from the same year - soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic .

The violinist’s creative style is characterized by an intelligent, prudent approach to performance, and realistic interpretations. He performed in a duet with his father, as well as with the orchestra under his management, having made many joint recordings. He also repeatedly performed with I. Menukhin and with famous world orchestras under the direction of such conductors as O. Klemperer , Yu. Ormandi , K. M. Giulini , G. Karayan , G. Sholti , M. Lorin , Z. Meta , S. Ozawa , G. Rozhdestvensky and others.

Since 1968 he performed as a conductor. Conducted by the ensemble of soloists of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Abroad, his conductor's debut took place in Copenhagen in February 1968. He performed with the symphony orchestras of the Moscow Philharmonic, the Leningrad Philharmonic , the orchestras of London, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels.

He toured in many countries of the world. His debut in the West took place in London , at the Royal Albert Hall . This was followed by tours in the USA, Europe (Austria, Denmark, France, Great Britain, East Germany, Czechoslovakia), Canada, South America, Japan and Australia.

Among his recordings are B. Bartok’s Second Violin Concerto, I.S. Bach Sonatas for violin and harpsichord (together with his wife N. Zertsalova), a poem by E. F. Svetlanov in memory of D. Oistrakh.

He was a member of the jury of prestigious violin competitions, including the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the Queen Elizabeth Competition, the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition , and the Moscow International Violin Competition. David Oistrakh.

From 1996 to 2010 he taught at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (professor).

With his family lives and works in Brussels (Belgium) ^[1] .

Returned to Russia since 2011

Family

• Father - David Fedorovich Oistrakh (1908-1974), violinist, viola player, conductor, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1953).
• Mother - Tamara Ivanovna Rotareva, pianist.
• Wife (since 1960) - Natalya Nikolaevna Zertsalova (12/12/1930 - 08/21/2017), pianist, has performed in the ensemble with her husband for more than 50 years.
  • Son - Valery Oistrakh (born 19.09.1961), violinist, has been teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels since 1996 (professor) ^[2] .
    • Grandson - Robert Oistrakh (born 2012).

• 1st Prize of the International Violin Competition of the World Festival of Youth and Students ( Budapest , 1949)
• 1st Prize of the International Violin Competition named after G. Wieniawski ( Poznan , 1952)
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1968)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1978) ^[3]
• People's Artist of the USSR (1989)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (1980)
• Honorary Member of the Beethoven Society in Bonn
• Honorary Member of A. Wieniawski Society in Poznan
• Honorary Member of the Society of E. Izai in Brussels
• Honorary Member of the F. Mendelssohn and R. Schumann Societies in Leipzig
• President of the S. Frank Society in Liege (1990)
• Professor Emeritus, Royal College of Music , London (1990)
• Professor of the Mozart Society in Vienna (1981).

• 1954 - On a festive evening (film concert)

• Tatyana Burford, Prince Igor, son of David. Igor Oistrakh in life and in art , St. Petersburg: Publisher. N.I. Novikova, 2013

• Biography on the site Yandex. Dictionaries " (unavailable link from 06/14/2016 [1161 days])
• Igor Oistrakh on the site " Culture "
• Charitable Foundation named after D. Oistrakh