His father, David, was one of the 20th century’s finest violinists, but Igor more than held his own as a musician and interpreter performing throughout the West. By Neil Genzlinger Igor Oistrakh, a ...

A missing page from the workbook of one of the greatest violinists of all time has come to light after gathering dust in a Chinese archive for more than half a century. David Oistrakh was a hugely ...

The life and virtuosic work of Russian violinist David Oistrakh once known as King David in the Soviet Union is chronicled with depth and detail by filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon in this intriguing ...

Igor Oistrakh, celebrated Soviet violinist who with his father David walked a political tightrope during the Cold War – obituary Their discretion and their loyalty to their country meant that they ...

At first. Americans might have tended to discount the report as just another fantastic boast about Russia. Then the sto ries began to sound more reliable, and musicians looked East with wild surmise.

A portrait of violinist David Oïstrakh, from his birth in Odessa in 1908 until his in 1974, and his career under Stalin's left wing terrorist regime. Featuring interviews with his peers Menuhin, ...

David Oistrakh, the Soviet violinist, who is a Jew, was cheered here last night when he gave his first concert in Israel beginning a tour throughout the country that will include 11 recitals in 15 ...

“Wait,” said the visiting violinist when the British public cheered him five years ago. “Wait till you hear my boy.” For the first time last week an audience outside Russia heard the “boy” play ...