Andrei Borissowitsch Korsakow

Andrei Borissowitsch Korsakow ( Russian Андрей Борисович Корсаков ; born May 7, 1946 in Moscow ; † January 19, 1991 ibid) was a Russian violinist, teacher and conductor.

Life

Korsakov is a distant relative of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and is known for his exquisite recordings. His daughter is the concert violinist Natasha Korsakova . Korsakov died on January 19, 1991 at the age of 44.

Professional background

At the age of 7, Korsakow began studying the violin with his father Boris Korsakov at the Central School in Moscow. He made his debut in 1954 (maybe 1955) at the Moscow Conservatory. At the age of 18 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Boris Belenky and Leonid Borissowitsch Kogan . During his studies, he won prizes at the Paganini competition in Genoa, the Jacques Thibaud competition in Paris and the Montreal competition in Canada. In 1971 he was awarded second prize in the Queen Elizabeth competition. Andrei Korsakow taught violin at the Moscow Conservatory and conducted seminars at the International Academy of Music Art in France - his students include Natalia Alenitsyna and Alexander Spivak . In 1980, at the age of 34, he founded the Russian chamber ensemble “Concertino”, which he directed for 11 years. In 1989 he became chief conductor and artistic director of the Russian Chamber Orchestra.

Instruments

He first played an Andrea Guarneri violin from the Russian State Collection and later a Francesco Ruggieri .